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 a star.

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).]

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Latin stelliformis, from stella ("star") + -form

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Examples

  • 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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