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Definition of Paliform
1. a. Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.
Definition of Paliform
1. Adjective. (zoology) Resembling a palus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paliform
1. resembling a stake [adj]
Medical Definition of Paliform
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Paliform
Literary usage of Paliform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1868)
"paliform teeth much larger and stronger than the rest. ... paliform lobes, slender
and prominent, but scarcely visible except in a vertical section. ..."
2. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1871)
"paliform tooth well developed, rough. Columella very little developed, open.
Diameter of cells from '15 to '30 of an inch; their prominence about -10. ..."
3. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1850)
"Septa crowded, enlarging near the columella, and not presenting any appearance
of a paliform lobe. Plate or exterior common walls of the ..."
4. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1852)
"... towards the centre of the calice they project a little, so as to constitute
paliform lobes, which, by their agglomeration, form an oblong ridge. ..."
5. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1902)
"The paliform lobes may be entirely suppressed or they may be greatly developed,
but whenever the inner margins of the septa fall perpendicularly to the ..."
6. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1919)
"These 8 septa and about 15 thinner septa extend to the columella; the thinner
septa also bear wide paliform lobes. In general in a half or quarter system ..."
7. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"paliform lobes indistinct. Corallites mostly elliptical and deformed ; rarely
circular. Their diameter is small. Corallites crowded, but the ..."
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