Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Shaped like a star.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Star-like in shape; stellate in form; asteroid; radiated.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a star; star-shaped; radiated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Shaped like astar .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin stēllifōrmis : Latin stēlla, star; see stellar + Latin -fōrmis, form (from fōrma).]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin stelliformis, from stella ("star") + -form
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Examples
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Buildings, entrances, everything visible -- all replicated, reiterated, repeated infinite variations in the one theme, that of the septenate stelliform.
Spacehounds of IPC 1927
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