papilliform

American  

[puh-pil-uh-fawrm] / pəˈpɪl əˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. resembling a papilla.

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Etymology

Origin of papilliform

First recorded in 1820–30; papill(a) + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

It exhibits rudimentary antennæ, but the legs are still only represented by very slight papilliform processes48 on the undersides of the segments to which they belong.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir

These spines are at first papilliform, then elongated and round.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha