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Word: Patelliform
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 19th century; earliest use found in George Samouelle (d. 1846). From patella + -iform, perhaps after scientific Latin patelliformis (Philos. Trans. Royal Soc 50, caption to plate between pp. 855 and 856; also Linnaeus Fauna Suecica (ed. 2, 1761) 521)
Definition:
Having the form of a patella; shaped like a shallow dish or a limpet shell.
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