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mytiliform

mytiliform adjective: shaped like the shell of a mussel.

Adjective

mytiliform (comparative more mytiliform, superlative most mytiliform)

  1. Shaped like the shell of a mussel.
    • Species on this family can be identified by its mytiliform form, sometimes quadrate, with the hinge edentulous and the umbos anterior or terminal.2015 July 17, Rafael Araujo, Yde de Jong, “Fauna Europaea: Mollusca – Bivalvia”, in Biodiversity Data Journal, →DOI

Forms of mytiliform

comparativemore mytiliform
superlativemost mytiliform

Origin of mytiliform

From Latin mytilus + -form.

Questions about mytiliform

What does mytiliform mean?
Mytiliform means shaped like the shell of a mussel.
What part of speech is mytiliform?
Mytiliform is an adjective.

Words near mytiliform in the dictionary

  1. Mytilenean
  2. mytilicolid
  3. mytilicolids
  4. mytilid
  5. mytilids
  6. mytiliform
  7. Mytilini
  8. mytilinidiaceous
  9. mytiloid
  10. mytiloids
  11. mytilotoxine

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