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catenicelliform

catenicelliform adjective: forming a jointed erect colony with internodes of few zooecia.

Adjective

catenicelliform (not comparable)

  1. Forming a jointed erect colony with internodes of few zooecia.
    • In both faunas, the dominant zoarial types are catenicelliform, followed by the cellariiform, adeoniform, and vinculariiform.1969, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (page 812)
    • Catenicelliform species in the Vittaticellidae and some Crisia were dominant in the fine sediments.1975, Bryozoa 1974: Proceedings of the Third Conference, International Bryozoology Association, [Lyon, 2-11 September 1974] (part 2, page 285)

Questions about catenicelliform

What does catenicelliform mean?
Catenicelliform means forming a jointed erect colony with internodes of few zooecia.
What part of speech is catenicelliform?
Catenicelliform is an adjective.

Words near catenicelliform in the dictionary

  1. catenbys
  2. catenet
  3. catenets
  4. catenicellid
  5. catenicellids
  6. catenicelliform
  7. catenin
  8. catenins
  9. catenoid
  10. catenoidal
  11. catenoids

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