tuberculiform, a.
(tjuːˈbɜːkjʊlɪˌfɔːm)
[f. as prec. + -form.]
Having the form of a tubercle.
| 1817 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxii. (1818) II. 277 Apodous larvæ..that move by means of fleshy tuberculiform..prominences. 1846 Dana Zooph. (1848) 153 The body is covered with large tuberculiform suckers. 1885 H. O. Forbes Nat. Wand. E. Archip. ii. App. 120 At the hinder part..are several strong tuberculiform eminences and prominences. |