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rod
1 a
(1): a straight slender stick growing on or cut from a tree or bush
(2): osier
(3): a stick or bundle of twigs used to punish
; also : punishment
(4): a shepherd's cudgel
(5): a pole with a line and usually a reel attached for fishing b
(1): a slender bar (as of wood or metal)
(2): a bar or staff for measuring
(3): scepter
; also : a wand or staff carried as a badge of office (as of marshal)2 a: a unit of length
— see weight table b: a square rod3: any of the long rod-shaped photosensitive receptors in the retina responsive to faint light
— compare cone 3a4: a rod-shaped bacterium5slang : handgun
— rod·less
\-ləs\
adjective
— rod·like
\-ˌlīk\
adjective
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