mytiliform

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adjective

Shaped like the shell of a mussel.

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Meanings

adjectivemytiliform (comparative more mytiliform, superlative most mytiliform)

comparative more mytiliform · superlative most mytiliform

  1. Shaped like the shell of a mussel.

    Species on this family can be identified by its mytiliform form, sometimes quadrate, with the hinge edentulous and the umbos anterior or terminal.

    2015 July 17, Rafael Araujo, Yde de Jong, “Fauna Europaea: Mollusca – Bivalvia”, in Biodiversity Data Journal, →DOI

Origin

From Latin mytilus + -form.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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