This is a series of posts on interesting and unusual words and phrases.
The first set of words are adjectives that describe a shape and are often used in botany, mineralogy, and describing artistic forms.
The word for today is fusiform: shaped like a spindle, from the Latin, fusus.
Body Form
Perches are the most common type of bony fishes. As a result, people often use the words perch-like to describe a generic fish shape. (Fig. 4.21 A). Fusiform is the scientific term used to describe the perch’s streamlined, torpedo shaped body.
Fig. 4.21. (A) Perch (fusiform-torpedo shape)
Image Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/biological/fish/structure-and-function-fish
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