rhombiferous, a.
(rɒmˈbɪfərəs)
[In sense 1, after F. rhombifère (Haüy); in sense 2, f. mod.L. Rhombifera (see rhombifer).]
1. Cryst. (See quot.)
| 1816 R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 2) 217 The Rhombiferous rock-crystal,..which is a six-sided prism, acuminated on both extremities with six planes, which are set on the lateral planes, and slightly truncated on the alternate angles; the truncating planes are rhombs. |
2. Ichth. Having rhomboidal scales.
| 1855 in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. III. 67 The Rhombiferous Ganoid Fishes. |