styliform

[ stahy-luh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.

styliform

/ ˈstaɪlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. zoology shaped like a stylus or bristle

   a styliform antenna

Word History and Origins

Origin of styliform¹

1570–80; < New Latin stiliformis, equivalent to Latin stil ( us ) stylus + -i- + -formis -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of styliform¹

C16: from New Latin stiliformis, from Latin stylus

Example Sentences

Sty′lar, pertaining to the pin of a dial; Sty′late, like a style, styliform.

From Project Gutenberg

Styliform: in the shape of a stylus: terminating in a long slender point, like the antenna in some Diptera.

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As there is no styliform production in Anthoceros, so there is none in ferns.

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Mandibles in the male chelate (fig. 158 j), in the female long, styliform.

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