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scalpriform

American  
[skal-pruh-fawrm] / ˈskæl prəˌfɔrm /

adjective

  1. chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.

Etymology

Origin of scalpriform

1820–30; < Latin scalpri- (combining form of scalprum; scalpel ) + -form

Example Sentences

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Chis′el-tooth, the scalpriform perennial incisor of a rodent.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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