allantoid, sausage-shaped
(adjective) shaped like a sausage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
allantoid (comparative more allantoid, superlative most allantoid)
(mycology) Sausage-shaped. Often used to describe spores that are long with rounded ends.
allantoid (plural allantoids)
An allantois.
• talonidal
Source: Wiktionary
Al*lan"toid, Al`lan*toid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the allantois.
Al*lan"to*is, Al*lan"toid, } n.. (Anat.)
Definition: A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
