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branchiform

UK/ˈbraŋkɪfɔːm/

branchiform adjective: gill-shaped.

Adjective

branchiform (comparative more branchiform, superlative most branchiform)

  1. Gill-shaped.
    • The ear-shaped or branchiform stigma of Otostigma and Branchiostoma is due to the oblique form of the cone along a small part of its length; on the base of the stigmata of these forms there appear a few of those irregular darkly coloured patches, beset with small hooks, which are so common in the...1887, “Summary or Current Researches Relating to Zoology and Botany […]”, in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, Part I, London; Edinburgh: […] Williams & Norgate, page 386

Forms of branchiform

comparativemore branchiform
superlativemost branchiform
alternative formbranchiiform

Origin of branchiform

From Latin branchia, branchiae (“gills”) + -form.

Questions about branchiform

What does branchiform mean?
Branchiform means gill-shaped.
What part of speech is branchiform?
Branchiform is an adjective.
How do you pronounce branchiform?
Branchiform is pronounced /ˈbraŋkɪfɔːm/ (UK).

Words near branchiform in the dictionary

  1. branchid
  2. branchids
  3. branchier
  4. branchiest
  5. branchiferous
  6. branchiform
  7. branchiiform
  8. branchinectid
  9. branchinectids
  10. branchiness
  11. branching

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