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rhomboid

[rom´boid]

shaped like a rectangle that has been skewed to one side so that the angles are oblique.

rhom·boid

, rhomboidal (rom'boyd, rom-boy'dăl),

1. Resembling a rhomb (that is, an oblique parallelogram, but having unequal sides);

2. anatomy denoting especially a ligament and two muscles.

Synonym(s): rhombic (1)

[rhombo- + G. eidos, appearance]

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rhom·boid

, rhomboidal (rom'boyd, -boy'dăl)

Resembling a rhomb, i.e., an oblique parallelogram, but having unequal sides.
Synonym(s): rhombic (1) .

[rhombo- + G. eidos, appearance]

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rhomboid

(of plant parts) diamond-shaped.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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