elongated body
Long and narrow
An elongated body is one that is noticeably longer than it is wide, stretched out along a single axis.
The phrase appears most often in scientific or technical descriptions—biologists might note that a snake has an elongated body, or astronomers might describe a comet's elongated orbit.
In casual use, it simply means long and narrow: The elongated body of the sports car gave it a sleek profile.
- eelElongated scaleless fish
- electric eelVoltage-producing aquatic creature
- sea snakeAquatic venomous serpent
- dorsal finFish's rear stabilizer
- lizardFour-legged scaled reptile
scales · salamander · worm · ferret · greyhound · vertebrate · dachshund · fins · centipede · burrowing · snake · garden snake · elongated · otter · slender build · submarine · ribbon · giraffe
- reptile anatomyskeleton, bones, lungs, skull, ribs
- dragonfishbioluminescence, barbel
- lizardslizard, lizards, gecko, geckos, chameleon
- reptile traitsscaly, cold-blooded, slithering, forked tongue, shedding skin
- catfishchannel catfish, bullhead, mudcat, swai, flathead
- fish anatomygills, fins, tail, eye, pelvic fins