Definition of Lanciform

1. a. Having the form of a lance.

Definition of Lanciform

1. Adjective. Having the form of a lance. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lanciform

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lanciform

lancet fish
lancet window
lanceted
lancetfish
lancetfishes
lanceth
lancets
lancewood
lancewood tree
lancewoods
lanch
lanched
lanches
lanching
lanciers
lanciform (current term)
lancinate
lancinated
lancinates
lancinating
lancination
lancinations
lancing
land
land(a)
land-grant
land-office business
land-poor
land agent
land ahoy

Literary usage of Lanciform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. State Geological Survey of Kansas. [Reports] by Kansas Geological Survey (1902)
"244 C. 114 "The teeth are laterally compressed and lanciform, without marginal serrations, and, when found in connection with the jaw, are seen to be fixed ..."

2. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1862)
"Somewhat less than tho normal type ; frond-' acutely lanciform, entire from the apex to Jrd their length ; fertile fronds still more acutely ..."

3. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1875)
"Two types of cranial form may be recognized; in the one it is lanciform,and composed of attenuated bones in which the sculpture is but little marked; ..."

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