Spindle-shaped or tapering gradually to a point at both ends, like a spindle.
From Latin 'fusus' (spindle) plus the adjective suffix '-ate,' used in biology to describe shapes.
When biologists say something is 'fusate,' they're describing the exact shape of a spindle—pointy at both ends—which appears surprisingly often in nature from fish bodies to insect pupae.
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