Insectiform

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling an insect.

    "The body it wears is insectiform, a fly—no, a wasp, crawling out of a fossilized nest somewhere near the bottom of the crust."

Example

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"The body it wears is insectiform, a fly—no, a wasp, crawling out of a fossilized nest somewhere near the bottom of the crust."

Etymology

From insect + -iform.

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