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cuniculiform

cuniculiform adjective: synonym of rabbitlike.

cuniculiform: synonym of rabbitlike
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Adjective

cuniculiform (comparative more cuniculiform, superlative most cuniculiform)

  1. Synonym of rabbitlike.
    • Cuniculiform structures in the Orellan Member of the White River Formation near. Douglas, Wyoming are vertebrate burrows […]1997, “Abstract of Papers. Fifty-Seventh Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.”, in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 17, no. 3, 1997, pp. A1–93.
    • […] strongly reduced column foot; cuniculiform spur; basally nearly erect or only slightly arcuate lip, […]2004, Rutkowski et al., “New taxa and new combinations in Mesoamerican Stenorrhynchidinae (Orchidaceae, Spirantheae)”, in Annales Botanici Fennici, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023, page 484
    Synonyms:
    rabbitlike

Synonyms of cuniculiform

Forms of cuniculiform

comparativemore cuniculiform
superlativemost cuniculiform

Origin of cuniculiform

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: cunicul(us) + -iform.

Questions about cuniculiform

What does cuniculiform mean?
Cuniculiform means synonym of rabbitlike.
What part of speech is cuniculiform?
Cuniculiform is an adjective.

Words near cuniculiform in the dictionary

  1. cunicular
  2. cuniculate
  3. cuniculi
  4. cuniculid
  5. cuniculids
  6. cuniculiform
  7. cuniculture
  8. cuniculus
  9. cunies
  10. cuniform
  11. cuniforms

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