styliform

[ stahy-luh-fawrm ]

adjective
  1. having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.

Origin of styliform

1
1570–80; <New Latin stiliformis, equivalent to Latin stil(us) stylus + -i- + -formis-form

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styliform

/ (ˈstaɪlɪˌfɔːm) /


adjective
  1. zoology shaped like a stylus or bristle: a styliform antenna

Origin of styliform

1
C16: from New Latin stiliformis, from Latin stylus

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