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crestiform

crestiform adjective: in the form of a crest.

Adjective

crestiform (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a crest.
    • In oligopithecines, Catopithecus and Oligopithecus have a small crestiform hypocone. Proteopithecus has a larger hypocone, which remains crestiform and without a prehypocone crista.2013, John G. Fleagle, Anthropoid Origins, page 252

Questions about crestiform

What does crestiform mean?
Crestiform means in the form of a crest.
What part of speech is crestiform?
Crestiform is an adjective.

Words near crestiform in the dictionary

  1. crestfallenness
  2. crestfish
  3. crestfishes
  4. crestie
  5. cresties
  6. crestiform
  7. cresting
  8. crestings
  9. crestless
  10. crestlessness
  11. crestlike

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