cultriform

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adjective

Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.

“cultriform beak”

OriginLatin culter →
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Meanings

adjectivecultriform (comparative more cultriform, superlative most cultriform)

comparative more cultriform · superlative most cultriform

  1. biologyShaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.

    cultriform beak

    1 more example

    cultriform process of the parasphenoid

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cultrate

Origin

  1. Latinculter
  2. Englishcultriform

From Latin culter, cultri (“knife”) + -form.

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APA

cultriform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultriform

MLA

“cultriform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultriform. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cultriform,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cultriform.

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