clypeiform

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adjective

shaped like a round shield; clypeate

OriginLatin clypeus →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

adjectiveclypeiform (comparative more clypeiform, superlative most clypeiform)

comparative more clypeiform · superlative most clypeiform

  1. biologyshaped like a round shield; clypeate

Origin

  1. Latinclypeus“shield”
  2. Englishclypeiform

From Latin clypeus (“shield”) + -form.

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APA

clypeiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clypeiform

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“clypeiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clypeiform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clypeiform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clypeiform.

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