Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
torous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
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- adjective
cylindrical withalternate swellings andcontractions ; having the surface covered withrounded prominences
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin torōsus, from torus, knot, bulge.]
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Latin torosus full of muscle, brawny, fleshy. See torus.
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