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Definition of Patelliform
1. Adjective. Shaped like a dish or pan.
Definition of Patelliform
1. a. Having the form of a patella.
Definition of Patelliform
1. Adjective. Having the shape of a patella. ¹
2. Adjective. Resembling a limpet of the genus ''Patella''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patelliform
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Patelliform
1.
1. Having the form of a patella.
2.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patelliform
Literary usage of Patelliform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Conchological Manual by George Brettingham Sowerby (1852)
"The patelliform shells of this family, although united by no other general
characters, are brought together by the characters of the animus which produce ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"... foot broad, no eyes, shell patelliform, with caducous spire. ... front third
free, shell nacreous, spiral or patelliform, depressed, last whorl large. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"Antenna; with third joint patelliform, with a dorsal ... Antenna; with third
joint patelliform, ..."
4. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1883)
"Shell patelliform, apex anterior, generally deep-colored. Mantle fringed with cilia
... Shell solid, patelliform; apex erect or anteriorly inclined. Animal. ..."
5. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"Shell patelliform, apex anterior, generally deep-colored. Mantle fringed with cilia
... Shell solid, patelliform: apex erect or anteriorly inclined. Animal. ..."
6. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder (1908)
"This author classifies the glands as patelliform and ... The shape of the
patelliform glands ... The patelliform glands on the upper side of the leaf of ..."
7. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"Shell circular, transversely or longitudinally oval ; upper or dorsal valve
conical, patelliform, with the apex inclining towards the posterior margin ..."
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