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culiciform

culiciform adjective: gnat-shaped.

Adjective

culiciform (comparative more culiciform, superlative most culiciform)

  1. gnat-shaped
    • culiciform insect
    • culiciform mosquito

Forms of culiciform

comparativemore culiciform
superlativemost culiciform

Origin of culiciform

From Latin culex (“a gnat”) + -iform.

Questions about culiciform

What does culiciform mean?
Culiciform means gnat-shaped.
What part of speech is culiciform?
Culiciform is an adjective.

Words near culiciform in the dictionary

  1. culicidological
  2. culicidologist
  3. culicidologists
  4. culicidology
  5. culicids
  6. culiciform
  7. culicifugal
  8. culicifuge
  9. culicifuges
  10. culicine
  11. culicines

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