branchiform
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin branchia, branchiae (“gills”) + -form.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbraŋkɪfɔːm/
Adjective
[edit]branchiform (comparative more branchiform, superlative most branchiform)
- (zoology) Gill-shaped.
- 1887, “Summary or Current Researches Relating to Zoology and Botany […]”, in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, Part I, London, Edinburgh: […] Williams & Norgate, page 386:
- The ear-shaped or branchiform stigma of Otostigma and Branchiostoma is due to the oblique form of the cone along a small part of its length; on the base of the stigmata of these forms there appear a few of those irregular darkly coloured patches, beset with small hooks, which are so common in the Chilopoda.
References
[edit]- ^ “branchiform, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
