dolabriform

American

[doh-lab-ruh-fawrm] / doʊˈlæb rəˌfɔrm /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

shaped like an ax or a cleaver.

dolabriform British

/ dəʊˈlæbreɪt, dəʊˈlæbrɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

biology shaped like a hatchet or axe head

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Etymology

Origin of dolabriform

1745–55; < Latin dolābr ( a ) mattock, pickax + -i- + -form

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