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Definition of Aliform
1. Adjective. Having or resembling wings.
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Similar to: Winged
Derivative terms: Ala, Ala
Definition of Aliform
1. a. Wing-shaped; winglike.
Definition of Aliform
1. Adjective. Shaped like a wing ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a building) Having wings ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aliform
1. shaped like a wing [adj]
Medical Definition of Aliform
1. Wing-shaped. Origin: L. Ala, + forma, shape (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aliform
Literary usage of Aliform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... St. Spores united to one another, each having two aliform appendages; ... C.
and M. Spores spherical, without aliform prolongations; ..."
2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1878)
"... much compressed below ; no trace of adherance ; base keeled or with aliform
appendages ; costs distinct, straight, formed by series of granules; ..."
3. British Oribatidæ by Albert Davidson Michael (1884)
"... &c., share with other genera, which have not the aliform expansions to the
abdomen, a third mode of protection, which I have called that by ..."
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