Definition of Rodlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a rod.

Exact synonyms: Rod-shaped
Similar to: Rounded

Definition of Rodlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a rod, usually in shape ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rodlike

1. resembling a rod [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rodlike

rodeoing
rodeos
rodes
rodeway
rodeways
rodge
rodham
rodhams
rodiasine
roding
rodings
rodizio
rodless
rodlet
rodlets
rodlike (current term)
rodman
rodmen
rodolicoite
rodomel
rodomontade
rodomontaded
rodomontades
rodomontading
rodomontadist
rodomontado
rodomontadoes
rodomontados
rodonalgia
rods

Literary usage of Rodlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1896)
"It is just possible, of course, that they may have moved dorsad and fused with the ring forming the rodlike projections of the sclerite. ..."

2. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1915)
"... concludes that the slender rodlike bodies in the red cells which he refers to as " x bodies," seemed to represent some unique type of micro-organism. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"Schmidt (1848) and Hallez (1879) describe rodlike bodies ... unless it be the large mucous glands of the second type, which are somewhat rodlike in form. ..."

4. The Development of Modern Europe: An Introduction to the Study of Current by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"These bacteria are minute plants, rodlike, beadlike, or spiral in Nature of shape, which multiply by dividing into two parts, or by forming a germ or spore. ..."

5. The Development of Modern Europe: An Introduction to the Study of Current by James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard (1908)
"These bacteria are minute plants, rodlike, beadlike, or spiral in Nature of shape, which multiply by dividing into two parts, or by forming a germ or spore. ..."

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