canaliformadj.
/kəˈnalᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /kəˈnæləˌfɔrm/ Chiefly Zoology.
Resembling or having the form of a canal (in various senses).
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cannulate?a1425
fistulose?1440
pipedc1520
pipe-like1600
fistulous1601
tubulous1664
tubulary1673
tubular1682
cannulated1684
cannular1698
tubulated1713
tunnelled1713
tubulose1714
pipy1724
tubal1735
tubiform1745
tubulate1753
tube-shaped1760
tubuliform1794
fistuliform1805
tubular-shaped1815
tubed1816
canaliform1826
tunnel-shaped1826
tube-like1849
tunnelly1874
tunnel-like1880
tubar1887
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 349 Canaliform.., when it [sc. the postscutellum] is a deepish elongate channel running from the postdorsolum to the abdomen.
1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 132 The villosities do not appear conical, or cylindrical, or canaliform.
1871 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 33 A canaliform cocoon which is inhabited by the larva.
1927 Times 26 Nov. 11/4 Jupiter and Saturn show us their belted scenery; Mars exhibits its canaliform lineaments.
1980 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 67 775 Petioles 2.5-5.0 mm long, canaliform, setaceous.
1994 C. T. Haan et al. Design Hydrol. & Sedimentology x. 394/1 The sinuous canaliform river has broad uniformly wide channels.
2013 X. Wortsman in X. Wortsman & G. B. E. Jemec Dermatol. Ultrasound Clin. & Histol. Correlations xviii. 444/1 (heading) Canaliform nail dystrophy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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