linguliform

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lingula +‎ -iform

Adjective[edit]

linguliform (not comparable)

  1. (biology) resembling a lingula
    This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.

Noun[edit]

linguliform (plural linguliforms)

  1. Any brachiopod of the subphylum Linguliformea
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