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columelloid

columelloid adjective: similar to or resembling a columella.

Adjective

columelloid (not comparable)

  1. Similar to or resembling a columella.
    • The structure resulting is in many respects suggestive of an incipient columella, but at no stage of development is it sufficiently marked to be termed columelloid.1935, Grove, Brandon H., “Studies in Paleozoic Corals. III.-A Revision of Some Mississippian Zaphrentids”, in The American Midland Naturalist, volume 16, number 3

Origin of columelloid

From columella + -oid.

Questions about columelloid

What does columelloid mean?
Columelloid means similar to or resembling a columella.
What part of speech is columelloid?
Columelloid is an adjective.

Words near columelloid in the dictionary

  1. columellae
  2. columellar
  3. columellas
  4. columellate
  5. columelliform
  6. columelloid
  7. columelloplasties
  8. columelloplasty
  9. columels
  10. column
  11. column densities

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