Fusiform gyrus
fusiform gyrus n.
An extremely long convolution extending lengthwise over the lower surface of the temporal and occipital lobes of the brain.
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[fyoo-zuh l, -sil] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl/ noun 1. a light flintlock musket. [fyoo-zuh l, -sil] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl/ adjective 1. formed by melting or casting; fused; founded. 2. Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible. 3. Archaic. melted; molten. /ˈfjuːzɪl/ noun 1. a light flintlock musket /ˈfjuːzɪl/ noun 1. (heraldry) a charge shaped like a lengthened […]
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[fyoo-zuh l, -sil] /ˈfyu zəl, -sɪl/ adjective 1. formed by melting or casting; fused; founded. 2. Archaic. capable of being melted; fusible. 3. Archaic. melted; molten. /ˈfjuːzaɪl/ adjective 1. easily melted; fusible 2. formed by casting or melting; founded /ˈfjuːzɪl/ noun 1. a light flintlock musket /ˈfjuːzɪl/ noun 1. (heraldry) a charge shaped like a […]
- Fusilier
[fyoo-zuh-leer] /ˌfyu zəˈlɪər/ noun 1. a member of a British regiment formerly armed with . /ˌfjuːzɪˈlɪə/ noun 1. (formerly) an infantryman armed with a light musket 2. Also fusileer n. 1670s, “soldier armed with a musket,” from French fusilier, from Old French fusil “musket,” earlier “steel for a tinderbox,” from Vulgar Latin *focilis (petra) “(stone) […]
- Fusillade
[fyoo-suh-leyd, -lahd, -zuh-] /ˈfyu səˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, -zə-/ noun 1. a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms. 2. a general discharge or outpouring of anything: a fusillade of questions. verb (used with object), fusilladed, fusillading. 3. to attack or shoot by a fusillade. /ˌfjuːzɪˈleɪd; -ˈlɑːd/ noun 1. a simultaneous or rapid continual discharge of firearms 2. […]
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[fyoo-see-lee, -sil-ee] /fyuˈsi li, -ˈsɪl i/ noun 1. a type of pasta twisted into corkscrew or spiral shapes. /fʊˈziːlɪ; fjʊˈziːlɪ/ noun 1. pasta in the form of short spirals