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cultriform

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology

Examples

  • cultriform beak
  • cultriform process of the parasphenoid

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin culter, cultri (“knife”) + -form.