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flustriform

flustriform adjective: having colonies formed of nonrigid lightly calcified branches.

Adjective

flustriform (not comparable)

  1. Having colonies formed of nonrigid lightly calcified branches
    • […] minute flustriform corals and foraminiferous shells, which were detected by Mr. Bowerbank, who has had the kindness to examine the specimens for me microscopically.1846, Proceedings of the Geological Society of London: November 1826 to June 1833, volume 4, page 571
    • […] flustriform cheilostomes such as Flustra foliacea. These have weakly mineralized skeletons which allow colonies to bend in the currents.2020, Paul D. Taylor, Bryozoan Paleobiology, page 109

Questions about flustriform

What does flustriform mean?
Flustriform means having colonies formed of nonrigid lightly calcified branches.
What part of speech is flustriform?
Flustriform is an adjective.

Words near flustriform in the dictionary

  1. flustrate
  2. flustrated
  3. flustrates
  4. flustrating
  5. flustration
  6. flustriform
  7. flusulfamide
  8. flutamide
  9. flutazolam
  10. FLUTD
  11. flute

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