C17: from Latin anguilla eel, diminutive of anguis snake
anguilliform in American English
(æŋˈɡwɪləˌfɔrm)
adjective
having the shape or form of an eel
Word origin
[1685–95; ‹ L anguill(a) eel (angu(is) snake + -illa dim. suffix) + -i- + -form]This word is first recorded in the period 1685–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: commodore, fatigue, lens, overlap, solo-i- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin,if the second element is of Latin origin. Other words that use the affix -i- include: Frenchify, cuneiform; -form is a combining form meaning “having the form of”. Other words that use the affix-form include: cuneiform, iodoform, somatoform, stratiform, tectiform
Examples of 'anguilliform' in a sentence
anguilliform
In simulations, anguilliform swimmers are modeled as deformable immersed boundaries.
Hui Feng, Zhaomeng Wang, Peter A. Todd, Heow Pueh Lee 2019, 'Simulations of self-propelled anguilliform swimming using the immersed boundary methodin OpenFOAM', Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2019.1609582. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)