PALIFORM

Etymology

Adjective

paliform (comparative more paliform, superlative most paliform)

(zoology) Resembling a palus.

Source: Wiktionary


Pa"li*form, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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