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linguliform

linguliform adjective: resembling a lingula.

Adjective

linguliform (not comparable)

  1. resembling a lingula
    • This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.

Noun

linguliform (plural linguliforms)

  1. Any brachiopod of the subphylum Linguliformea

Forms of linguliform

plurallinguliforms

Origin of linguliform

From lingula + -iform.

Questions about linguliform

What does linguliform mean?
Linguliform means resembling a lingula.
What part of speech is linguliform?
Linguliform can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near linguliform in the dictionary

  1. lingulately
  2. lingulid
  3. lingulide
  4. lingulides
  5. lingulids
  6. linguliform
  7. linguliformean
  8. linguliforms
  9. linguloid
  10. linguloids
  11. lingunite

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