linguliform

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adjective

resembling a lingula

“This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.”

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Meanings

adjectivelinguliform (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyresembling a lingula

    This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.

nounlinguliform (plural linguliforms)

plural linguliforms

  1. Any brachiopod of the subphylum Linguliformea

Origin

From lingula + -iform.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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