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Latin
Etymology
From taurus (“bull”) + -fōrmis (“having the form of”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
taurifōrmis (neuter taurifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective
- bull-shaped, tauriform
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “tauriformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tauriformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tauriformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.