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telescopiform

telescopiform adjective: shaped like a telescope, with retractile tubular portions.

Adjective

telescopiform (comparative more telescopiform, superlative most telescopiform)

  1. Shaped like a telescope, with retractile tubular portions.

Forms of telescopiform

comparativemore telescopiform
superlativemost telescopiform

Origin of telescopiform

From telescope + -iform.

Questions about telescopiform

What does telescopiform mean?
Telescopiform means shaped like a telescope, with retractile tubular portions.
What part of speech is telescopiform?
Telescopiform is an adjective.

Words near telescopiform in the dictionary

  1. telescopic star
  2. telescopic stars
  3. telescopical
  4. telescopically
  5. telescopies
  6. telescopiform
  7. telescoping
  8. telescopings
  9. telescopist
  10. telescopists
  11. Telescopium

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