Longilateral

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Longilateral \Lon`gi*lat"er*al\, a. [L. longus long + lateralis
     lateral, fr. latus side.]
     Having long sides; especially, having the form of a long
     parallelogram.
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           Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five
           furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long. --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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