In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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
17 March 2025
(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.