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| Biformed | a. [ Pref. bi- + form. ] Having two forms. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Amoeboid | { } a. [ Amœba + -form or -oid. ] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Amoebiform | | Biform | a. [ L. biformis; bis twice + forma shape: cf. F. biforme. ] Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Biformity | n. A double form. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Colymbiformes | n. 1. an order of birds, including the family Podicipedidae, which consitutes the grebes.
Syn. -- Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Cubiform | a. Of the form of a cube. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cymbiform | a. [ L. cymba boat (Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;) + -form: cf. F. cymbiforme. ] Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Rubiform | a. [ L. ruber red + -form. ] Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun. [ R. ] Sir I. newton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Scobiform | a. [ L. scobs, or scobis, sawdust, scrapings + -form: cf. F. scobiforme. ] Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tubiform | a. Having the form of a tube; tubeform. “Tubiform cells.” Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | | biform | (adj) having or combining two forms | | columbiform bird | (n) a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes | | columbiformes | (n) sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires, Syn. order Columbiformes | | hygrophorus inocybiformis | (n) a fungus with a drab squamulose cap and grey-brown squamules over the white background of the stalk and waxy grey-white gills | | cubelike | (adj) shaped like a cube, Syn. cubical, cuboidal, cuboid, cube-shaped, cubiform | | podicipitiformes | (n) grebes, Syn. order Podicipitiformes, Colymbiformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes, Podicipediformes | | southwestern white pine | (n) medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature, Syn. Pinus strobiformis |
| | Amoeboid | { } a. [ Amœba + -form or -oid. ] (Biol.) Resembling an amœba; amœba-shaped; changing in shape like an amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]
Amœboid movement, movement produced, as in the amœba, by successive processes of prolongation and retraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Amoebiform | | Biform | a. [ L. biformis; bis twice + forma shape: cf. F. biforme. ] Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Biformed | a. [ Pref. bi- + form. ] Having two forms. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Biformity | n. A double form. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Colymbiformes | n. 1. an order of birds, including the family Podicipedidae, which consitutes the grebes.
Syn. -- Podicipitiformes, order Podicipitiformes, Podicipediformes, order Podicipediformes, order Colymbiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Cubiform | a. Of the form of a cube. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Cymbiform | a. [ L. cymba boat (Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;) + -form: cf. F. cymbiforme. ] Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Rubiform | a. [ L. ruber red + -form. ] Having the nature or quality of red; as, the rubiform rays of the sun. [ R. ] Sir I. newton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Scobiform | a. [ L. scobs, or scobis, sawdust, scrapings + -form: cf. F. scobiforme. ] Having the form of, or resembling, sawdust or raspings. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tubiform | a. Having the form of a tube; tubeform. “Tubiform cells.” Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | ハト目;鳩目 | [ハトもく(ハト目);はともく(鳩目), hato moku ( hato me ); hatomoku ( hato me )] (n) Columbiformes (family of birds comprising pigeons and doves) [Add to Longdo] |
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