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lecythiform

lecythiform adjective: shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.

Adjective

lecythiform (comparative more lecythiform, superlative most lecythiform)

  1. shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.

Forms of lecythiform

comparativemore lecythiform
superlativemost lecythiform

Origin of lecythiform

From Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos, “oil flask or bottle”) + -iform (“having the shape of”).

Questions about lecythiform

What does lecythiform mean?
Lecythiform means shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
What part of speech is lecythiform?
Lecythiform is an adjective.

Words near lecythiform in the dictionary

  1. Lecuyer
  2. Lecuyers
  3. lecythi
  4. lecythia
  5. lecythidaceous
  6. lecythiform
  7. lecythion
  8. lecythus
  9. led
  10. LED analyser
  11. LED analysers

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