rodlet
nounUK /ˈɹɒdlət/
Etymology From rod + -let.
1
Any small rod, or rod-shaped structure (especially on the surface of some fungal spores)
- It issues in one continuous appetizing rodlet [...], which looks as if it retained the shape of an earthworm's tract (but watch, watch, do not be deflected!).1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 7:
- Derived terms
- rodletless