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ˈrod-like, a. [f. rod n.1 + -like.] Resembling a rod; shaped like a rod.
1611Cotgr., Vergé, made of rods, or twigs; also, streaked with long, and rod-like rayes. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 553 Stem spreading, rod-like. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 158 Shrubs or herbs, with rod-like branches. 1877Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. 214 An elongated rod-like bone, rather thicker towards its anterior end. |