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rod-shaped

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Adj.1.rod-shaped - formed like a bacillus
bacilliform, baculiform, bacillar, bacillary
formed - having or given a form or shape
2.rod-shaped - resembling a rod
rodlike
rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
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