canaliform, a.
(kəˈnælɪfɔːm)
[f. L. canalis canal n. + -form.]
Having the form of, or resembling, a canal.
| 1826 Kirby & Spence Entomol. IV. xlvi. 349 Canaliform.., when it [sc. the postscutellum] is a deepish elongate channel running from the postdorsolum to the abdomen. 1830 R. Knox tr. Béclard's Anat. 132 The villosities do not appear conical, or cylindrical, or canaliform. 1926 H. Macpherson Mod. Astr. v. 75 Canaliform appearances. |