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Y-shaped

Y-shaped adjective: shaped like the capital letter "Y".

Adjective

Y-shaped (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like the capital letter "Y".
    • An immunoglobulin is a large, Y-shaped protein.
    • The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921

Words formed from Y-shaped

Phrases with Y-shaped

Questions about Y-shaped

What does Y-shaped mean?
Y-shaped means shaped like the capital letter "Y".
What part of speech is Y-shaped?
Y-shaped is an adjective.

Words near Y-shaped in the dictionary

  1. Y-maze
  2. Y-mazes
  3. Y-moth
  4. Y-moths
  5. y-o-y
  6. Y-shaped
  7. Y-shaped coffin
  8. Y-shaped coffins
  9. Y-splitter
  10. Y-splitters
  11. y-system

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