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moniliform, a.|mɒˈnɪlɪfɔːm|
[a. F. moniliforme, or mod.L. monīliformis, f. monīle necklace: see -form.]
Of the form of or resembling a necklace; necklace-shaped; having contractions at regular intervals; consisting of or characterized by a series of globular or oval protuberances suggesting a string of beads.
1802–3tr. Pallas' Trav. (1812) II. 195 Moniliform iron-ore, and pudding-stone, are still more common in the schistous beds. 1819G. Samouelle Entomol. Compend. 260 Antennæ as long or shorter than the body, with moniliform joints. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 146 note, That [sc. the horn on the tail] of Sphinx Iatrophæ..is moniliform. 1874Cooke Fungi 38 The spores are..generated in a moniliform manner, and afterwards separating at the joints. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 582 Portions of the veins on the back of the hand become quite moniliform, that is to say, there was an alternation of small dark swellings with narrow almost colourless intervals between them.
Hence moˈniliformly adv., so as to resemble a necklace.
1848E. Forbes Naked-eyed Medusæ 59 From the four bulbs spring as many pale yellow, moniliformly-granulated, slender, coiling tentacula. 1882J. M. Crombie in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 553/2 In Ephebacei they [sc. the gonidial granules] are not moniliformly arranged. |