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scalpriform

scalpriform adjective: shaped like a chisel.

Adjective

scalpriform (comparative more scalpriform, superlative most scalpriform)

  1. (archaic) Shaped like a chisel.
    • the scalpriform incisors of rodents

Forms of scalpriform

comparativemore scalpriform
superlativemost scalpriform

Origin of scalpriform

From Latin scalprum (“chisel, knife”) + -form.

Questions about scalpriform

What does scalpriform mean?
Scalpriform means shaped like a chisel.
What part of speech is scalpriform?
Scalpriform is an adjective.

Words near scalpriform in the dictionary

  1. scalpless
  2. scalplock
  3. scalplocks
  4. scalpne
  5. scalpra
  6. scalpriform
  7. scalprum
  8. scalps
  9. scalpy
  10. scals
  11. scaly

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