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branchiiform

branchiiform is the alternative form of branchiform.

Meaning of branchiform

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 branchiiform

comparativemore branchiiform
superlativemost branchiiform

Origin of branchiiform

From Latin branchia (“gills”) + -iform.

Questions about branchiiform

What is branchiiform the alternative form of?
Branchiiform is the alternative form of branchiform.

Words near branchiiform in the dictionary

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

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