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aspidate

aspidate adjective: shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.

Adjective

aspidate (comparative more aspidate, superlative most aspidate)

  1. Shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.

Forms of aspidate

comparativemore aspidate
superlativemost aspidate

Origin of aspidate

From Ancient Greek ασπίδα (aspída, “shield”).

Questions about aspidate

What does aspidate mean?
Aspidate means shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.
What part of speech is aspidate?
Aspidate is an adjective.

Words near aspidate in the dictionary

  1. aspiculamycin
  2. aspicular
  3. aspiculate
  4. aspiculose
  5. aspiculous
  6. aspidate
  7. aspides
  8. aspidia
  9. aspidiaceous
  10. aspidin
  11. aspidinol

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