aliform

[al-uh-fawrm, ey-luh-]

adjective

1. wing-shaped; wing-like; alar.

aliform

/ ˈeɪlɪ-, ˈælɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. wing-shaped; alar

Word History and Origins

Origin of aliform¹

First recorded in 1830–40; al(a) + -i- + -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of aliform¹

C19: from New Latin āliformis, from Latin āla a wing

Example Sentences

Pterygoid, ter′i-goid, n. one of a pair of bones in the facial apparatus of some vertebrata behind the palatines, known in human anatomy as the pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone.—adj. aliform or alate.—adj.

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Pet′aled, Pet′aliform, Pet′alous, having petals or flower-leaves; Pet′aline, pertaining to or resembling a petal: attached to a petal.—n.

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