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styliform

[stahy-luh-fawrm]

adjective

having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.

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

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styliform (ˈstaɪlɪˌfɔːm)

—*adj*
	zoology shaped like a stylus or bristle: a styliform antenna

[C16: from New Latin stiliformis, from Latin stylus]

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