stapediform

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin stapēs, stapedem (“stirrup”) + -i- +‎ -form.[1]

Adjective

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stapediform (comparative more stapediform, superlative most stapediform)

  1. Stirrup-shaped.
    • 1915, Claude Morley, A Revision of the Ichneumonidae Based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History) With Descriptions of New Genera and Species, part IV: Tribes Joppides, Banchides and Alomyides, London: […] British Museum, page 43:
      The stapediform metathoracic spot, upon which its author lays such stress, occupies the whole centre of the petiolar area, between the longitudinal carinae and is usually subparallel-sided or gradually a little explanate throughout; on either side is a slight and oblique line above the hind coxae.

References

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  1. ^ “stapediform, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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