patelliform
/pəˈtɛlɪfɔːm/adjective
Having the form of a patella; shaped like a shallow dish or a limpet shell.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Samouelle (d. 1846). From patella + -iform, perhaps after scientific Latin patelliformis (Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. 50, caption to plate between pp. 855 and 856; also Linnaeus Fauna Suecica (ed. 2, 1761) 521).
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