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/skyooh"teuh fawrm'/, adj.shield-shaped.Also, scutelliform /skyooh tel"euh fawrm'/.[1650-60; < NL scutiformis. See SCUTUM, -I-, -FORM]
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Scutiform — Scu ti*form, a. [L. scutum shield + form: cf. F. scutiforme.] Shield shaped; scutate. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scutiform — SCUTIFÓRM, Ă adj. în formă de scut. (< lat. scutiformis) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
scutiform — [skyo͞ot′ə fôrm΄] adj. [ModL scutiformis < L scutum, a shield (see SCUTUM) + formis, FORM] shaped like a shield; scutate … English World dictionary
scutiform — adj. [L. scutum, shield; forma, shape] In the shape of a shield; peltate … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
scutiform — adjective Having the shape of a shield; scutate … Wiktionary
scutiform — Shield shaped. SYN: scutate. [L. scutum, shield, + forma, form] * * * scu·ti·form (skuґtĭ form) [scutum + form] shaped like a shield; called also thyroid … Medical dictionary
scutiform — shaped like a shield Shapes and Resemblance … Phrontistery dictionary
scutiform — adj. shaped like a shield … English contemporary dictionary
scutiform — scu·ti·form … English syllables
scutiform — /ˈskutəfɔm/ (say skoohtuhfawm) adjective shield shaped. {New Latin scūtiformis, from Latin scūti shield + formis form} …
