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aliform

American  
[al-uh-fawrm, ey-luh-] / ˈæl əˌfɔrm, ˈeɪ lə- /

adjective

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

aliform British  
/ ˈeɪlɪ-, ˈælɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. wing-shaped; alar

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Etymology

Origin of aliform

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

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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.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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