styliform
[stahy-luh-fawrm]
- having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
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Origin of styliform
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Mandibles in the male chelate (fig. 158 j), in the female long, styliform.
Handbook of Medical EntomologyWilliam Albert Riley
Styliform: in the shape of a stylus: terminating in a long slender point, like the antenna in some Diptera.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
Sty′lar, pertaining to the pin of a dial; Sty′late, like a style, styliform.
As there is no styliform production in Anthoceros, so there is none in ferns.
styliform
- zoology shaped like a stylus or bristlea styliform antenna
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Word Origin
C16: from New Latin stiliformis, from Latin stylus
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