Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shaped like a shallow pan or dish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shape of a patella or kneepan. Also
patellate . - Having the form of a depressed and generally oblong cone or disk, hollow or un-partitioned within.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the form of a patella.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Resembling a limpet of the genus Patella.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the shape of a
patella . - adjective Resembling a
limpet of thegenus Patella.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaped like a dish or pan
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin patella, small plate, pan; see patella + –form.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin patella ("shallow dish") + -form
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Examples
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On the leaves, also, various patelliform shells, Trochi, uncovered molluscs, and some bivalves are attached.
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On the leaves, also, various patelliform shells, Trochi, uncovered molluscs, and some bivalves are attached.
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On the leaves, also, various patelliform shells, Trochi, uncovered molluscs, and some bivalves are attached.
Chapter XI 1909
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On the leaves, also, various patelliform shells, Trochi, uncovered molluscs, and some bivalves are attached.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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