culiciform

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adjective

gnat-shaped

“culiciform insect”

OriginLatin culex →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveculiciform (comparative more culiciform, superlative most culiciform)

comparative more culiciform · superlative most culiciform

  1. biologygnat-shaped

    culiciform insect

    1 more example

    culiciform mosquito

Origin

  1. Latinculex“a gnat”
  2. Englishculiciform

From Latin culex (“a gnat”) + -iform.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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