baguette

Ba*guet", Ba*guette", n. Etym: [F. baguette, prop. a rodbacchetta, fr. L. baculum, baculu stick, staff.] 1. (Arch.) Defn: A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead. 2. (Zoöl) Defn: One of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.

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