Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like a roof in form or use; covering, or forming a cover; lid-like; specifically, in entomology, ridged in the middle and sloping down on each side: as, the tectiform elytra of some homopterous insects.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective biology, anthropology Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge.
  • noun anthropology A type of cave-painting or engraving in the shape of an upward-pointing wedge or arrow.

Etymologies

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From New Latin tēctiformis ("roof-shaped"), from tēctum ("roof") + fōrma.

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