Sausage-shaped; especially with reference to fungal spores that are long with rounded ends.
Origin
From French allantoïde, and its source, Renaissance Latin allantoides, from Koine Greek ἀλλαντοειδής ("sausage-shaped"), from Ancient Greek ἀλλάς ("sausage").
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