serpentiform

English

Etymology

Latin serpens (“serpent”) +‎ -iform.

Adjective

serpentiform (comparative more serpentiform, superlative most serpentiform)

  1. Having the form of a serpent.
    a newly discovered genus of serpentiform fishes
    a number of parallel serpentiform lines

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 serpentiform in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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