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lambdoid

lambdoid adjective: shaped like the Greek letter lambda.

lambdoid: shaped like the Greek letter lambda
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Adjective

lambdoid (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like the Greek letter lambda

Noun

lambdoid (plural lambdoids)

  1. The lambdoid suture.

Forms of lambdoid

plurallambdoids

Origin of lambdoid

Borrowed from French lambdoïde, from the New Latin lambdoīdēs, from the Ancient Greek λαβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs).

Words formed from lambdoid

Phrases with lambdoid

Questions about lambdoid

What does lambdoid mean?
Lambdoid means shaped like the Greek letter lambda.
What part of speech is lambdoid?
Lambdoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lambdoid in the dictionary

  1. lambdacyhalothin
  2. lambdas
  3. Lambden
  4. Lambdin
  5. Lambdins
  6. lambdoid
  7. lambdoid suture
  8. lambdoid sutures
  9. lambdoidal
  10. lambdoids
  11. lambe

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