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modiolar

modiolar adjective: shaped like a bushel measure.

Adjective

modiolar (comparative more modiolar, superlative most modiolar)

  1. (archaic) Shaped like a bushel measure
    • modiolar cypricardia
  2. (not comparable) Related to the modiolus
    • modiolar artery
    • modiolar defect

Forms of modiolar

comparativemore modiolar
superlativemost modiolar

Origin of modiolar

From Latin modiolus, diminutive of modius (“the Roman corn measure”).

Words formed from modiolar

Questions about modiolar

What does modiolar mean?
Modiolar means shaped like a bushel measure.
What part of speech is modiolar?
Modiolar is an adjective.

Words near modiolar in the dictionary

  1. modillion
  2. modillioned
  3. modillions
  4. modinha
  5. modinhas
  6. modiolar
  7. modioli
  8. modiolid
  9. modiolids
  10. modioliform
  11. modiolopsid

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