Definitions for patelliform

patelliform pa·tel·li·form

Spelling: [puh-tel-uh-fawrm]
IPA: /pəˈtɛl əˌfɔrm/

Patelliform is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1111 anagrams from letters in patelliform (aefillmoprt).

Definitions for patelliform

adjective

  1. having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.

Origin of patelliform

First recorded in 1810-20; patell(a) + -i- + -form

Examples for patelliform

Although the Patell were described as symmetrical, there are several species of patelliform shells which are not symmetrical.

This order, which includes mollusca with haliotoid or patelliform shells, is divided into the following families: Fam.

Those which are not spiral, but simply conical, as the patelliform shells.

patelliform; apex central; columellar lip septiform, leaving the aperture small.

patelliform, oval or oblong, radiated; apex anterior, perforated.

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