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scalpeliform

scalpeliform adjective: scalpel-shaped.

Adjective

scalpeliform (comparative more scalpeliform, superlative most scalpeliform)

  1. Scalpel-shaped.
    • Ostiolar peritreme elevated, scalpeliform, apex ending abruptly near middle of metapleuron.1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3...

Forms of scalpeliform

comparativemore scalpeliform
superlativemost scalpeliform

Origin of scalpeliform

From scalpel + -iform.

Questions about scalpeliform

What does scalpeliform mean?
Scalpeliform means scalpel-shaped.
What part of speech is scalpeliform?
Scalpeliform is an adjective.

Words near scalpeliform in the dictionary

  1. scalpee
  2. scalpeen
  3. scalpeens
  4. scalpees
  5. scalpel
  6. scalpeliform
  7. scalpella
  8. scalpellid
  9. scalpellids
  10. scalpelliform
  11. scalpellum

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