cordiform
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- subcordiform adjective
Etymology
Origin of cordiform
Example Sentences
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Tongue cordiform, shallowly notched behind and barely free posteriorly; vomerine teeth 4-3, situated on transverse elevations between ovoid inner nares; openings to vocal sac large, one situated along inner posterior edge of each mandibular ramus.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
Tongue broadly cordiform, notched posteriorly, barely free behind.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by Duellman, William E.
Three specimens have cordiform tongues, and in four others the tongue is ovoid and shallowly notched behind; all other specimens have an emarginate ovoid tongue.
From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.
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