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aliform
[ al-uh-fawrm, ey-luh- ]
adjective
- wing-shaped; wing-like; alar.
aliform
/ ˈeɪlɪ-; ˈælɪˌfɔːm /
adjective
- wing-shaped; alar
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aliform1
C19: from New Latin āliformis, from Latin āla a wing
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Example Sentences
Pet′aled, Pet′aliform, Pet′alous, having petals or flower-leaves; Pet′aline, pertaining to or resembling a petal: attached to a petal.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
Pterygoid, ter′i-goid, n. one of a pair of bones in the facial apparatus of some vertebrata behind the palatines, known in human anatomy as the pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone.—adj. aliform or alate.—adj.
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