pseudopaxilliform

adjective

Having spinelets clustered on a low, elongated ridge.

Scrabble 34
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivepseudopaxilliform (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyHaving spinelets clustered on a low, elongated ridge.

Origin

pseudo- + paxilliform term introduced by W. K. Fisher in 1911 in "Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76, Part 1, 1-420

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: pseudopaxilliform on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.