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zoeform

zoeform adjective: resembling a zoaea.

Adjective

zoeform (comparative more zoeform, superlative most zoeform)

  1. Resembling a zoaea.
    • How far the young lobster is zoeform, may be seen on a comparison of it with the figure of the Zoe, p.275.1835, Magazine of Natural History, volume 8, page 483
    • Crustacea.—Embryos are often dissimilar from the adult form. The most conspicuous of these is the larva (Zoe) of the Decapoda, and the active zoeform young of Cirripedia (barnacles) and Lernæacea (lerneans).1874, Harrison Allen, Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoology, page 131

Forms of zoeform

comparativemore zoeform
superlativemost zoeform

Origin of zoeform

From zoea + -form.

Questions about zoeform

What does zoeform mean?
Zoeform means resembling a zoaea.
What part of speech is zoeform?
Zoeform is an adjective.

Words near zoeform in the dictionary

  1. Zoechrome
  2. zoecia
  3. zoecial
  4. zoecium
  5. zoedone
  6. zoeform
  7. Zoeller
  8. Zoellers
  9. Zoellner
  10. Zoellner illusion
  11. Zoellner illusions

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