palpiform

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English

Etymology

From palpus +‎ -iform. Compare French palpiforme.

Adjective

palpiform (comparative more palpiform, superlative most palpiform)

  1. (zoology) Having the form of a palpus.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for palpiform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)