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cedariiform

cedariiform adjective: of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a pattern in which the posterior sutures cross the lateral border, then swing inward and backward to meet the posterior margin.

Adjective

cedariiform (not comparable)

  1. Of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a pattern in which the posterior sutures cross the lateral border, then swing inward and backward to meet the posterior margin.
    • […] [T]he shape of the occipital ring, the small number of thoracic segments, and the pygidial morphology, as well as the cedariiform suture - are not known in any proetid.1977, Jan Bergstrom, “Proetida - a disorderly order of trilobites”, in Lethaia, volume 10, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2026, page 102

Origin of cedariiform

From taxonomic name Cedaria + English -form.

Questions about cedariiform

What does cedariiform mean?
Cedariiform means of the facial sutures of a trilobite, having a pattern in which the posterior sutures cross the lateral border, then swing inward and backward to meet the posterior margin.
What part of speech is cedariiform?
Cedariiform is an adjective.

Words near cedariiform in the dictionary

  1. Cedara
  2. Cedarberg
  3. cedarbird
  4. cedarbirds
  5. cedared
  6. cedariiform
  7. cedarlike
  8. cedarn
  9. cedars
  10. cedars of Lebanon
  11. cedarstrip

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