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eschariform

eschariform adjective: forming bilaminate foliaceous colonies of zooids.

Adjective

eschariform (not comparable)

  1. Forming bilaminate foliaceous colonies of zooids.
    • [M]any species having eschariform zoaria in quiet water are able to assume the membraniporiform habitus in strongly agitated water.1963, Alan H. Cheetham, Late Eocene Zoogeography of the Eastern Gulf Coast Region, page 30
    • All species having non-fenestrate, rigidly erect colonies, with either subcylindrical or bilaminate trunks and branches (vinculariiform and eschariform colonies, respectively), or closely encrusting (membraniporiform) colonies were regarded as unstable.1971, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, page 6

Questions about eschariform

What does eschariform mean?
Eschariform means forming bilaminate foliaceous colonies of zooids.
What part of speech is eschariform?
Eschariform is an adjective.

Words near eschariform in the dictionary

  1. eschalot
  2. eschalots
  3. eschar
  4. escharectomies
  5. escharectomy
  6. eschariform
  7. escharine
  8. escharotic
  9. escharotick
  10. escharoticks
  11. escharotics

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