pupiformadj.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːpᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/ˈpjupəˌfɔrm/

Forms: 1800s– pupaeform (irregular), 1800s– pupiform.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pupa n., -iform comb. form.

Etymology: < pupa n. + -iform comb. form.In form pupaeform apparently after scientific Latin pupae, genitive singular of pupa pupa n.

Zoology and Palaeontology.

Resembling the pupa of an insect; esp. (of a gastropod shell or protoconch) somewhat cylindrical and bluntly rounded (cf. pupa n. 2).

ΚΠ

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 166 Cylindrella..cylindrus... Shell cylindrical or pupiform, sometimes sinistral.

1897 Naturalist 75 The almost exactly pupæform shape of the typical A[zeca] tridens.

1930 Jrnl. Paleontol. 4 Suppl. No. 1. 54 It is larger..than either P[seudozygopleura] nana..or P. teres..and both these species are almost pupaeform in outline.

1960 Jrnl. Paleontol. 34 564/2 The shape of the chambers [in the foraminiferan Pseudonodosaria vulgata] varies from pupiform, which is typical of the genus, to nodosarine.

1999 Invertebr. Biol. 118 271/1 The type species, P[yrene] punctata.., shares several characteristics with the Western Australian species P. obscura.., including a pupiform shell.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pupiform
释义	pupiformadj. Brit. /ˈpjuːpᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈpjupəˌfɔrm/ Forms: 1800s– pupaeform (irregular), 1800s– pupiform. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pupa n., -iform comb. form. Etymology: < pupa n. + -iform comb. form.In form pupaeform apparently after scientific Latin pupae, genitive singular of pupa pupa n. Zoology and Palaeontology. Resembling the pupa of an insect; esp. (of a gastropod shell or protoconch) somewhat cylindrical and bluntly rounded (cf. pupa n. 2). ΚΠ 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 166 Cylindrella..cylindrus... Shell cylindrical or pupiform, sometimes sinistral. 1897 Naturalist 75 The almost exactly pupæform shape of the typical A[zeca] tridens. 1930 Jrnl. Paleontol. 4 Suppl. No. 1. 54 It is larger..than either P[seudozygopleura] nana..or P. teres..and both these species are almost pupaeform in outline. 1960 Jrnl. Paleontol. 34 564/2 The shape of the chambers [in the foraminiferan Pseudonodosaria vulgata] varies from pupiform, which is typical of the genus, to nodosarine. 1999 Invertebr. Biol. 118 271/1 The type species, P[yrene] punctata.., shares several characteristics with the Western Australian species P. obscura.., including a pupiform shell. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1854
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