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).
- take something in hand
- take something in one's stride (also take something in stride)
- take something into account (or take account of)
- take something kindly
- take something lying down
- take something off
- take something on
- take something on board
- take something out
- take something out on
- take something over
- take something personally
- take something to heart
- take something to the next level
- take something under advisement
- take something up
- take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt
- take stock
- take that!
- take the air
- take the biscuit (or take the cake)
- take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the chair