clypeiform
English
Etymology
From Latin clypeus (“shield”) + -form.
Adjective
clypeiform (comparative more clypeiform, superlative most clypeiform)
- shield-shaped; clypeate
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for clypeiform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)