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monadiform, a. Biol.|mɒˈnædɪfɔːm|
[f. monad: see -form.]
Having the form of a monad.
1862G. Kearley Links in Chain i. 9 The Gonium pectorale, commonly called the High Priest's Breast-plate..consists of a combination of sixteen monadiform bodies, disposed regularly in a four-cornered tablet. 1866[see next]. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. ii. 96 In Bicosœca..a fixed monadiform body is enclosed within a structureless and transparent calyx. 1885E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 837/2 A very large number of Gymnomyxa produce spores which are termed ‘monadiform’, that is, have a single or sometimes two filaments of vibratile protoplasm extended from their otherwise structureless bodies. |