Meaning of musciform | Babel Free
Definitions
- Having the appearance or form of a moss.
- Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca or family Muscidae.
Examples
“The surface had an irregular, musciform quality, interrupted by various ridges and valleys.”
“8. Native Gold, of a bright gold-yellow colour, in musciform leaves, upon saxum metalliferum; from the same place (very rich.)”
“...they connect with the theciferous, partly "peristomiate," and radiately divided (hence musciform) group of fungi...”
“Kelleria and Drapetes are humble subshrubby and caespitose, musciform plants, with sessile and imbricate leaves.”
“The insect had a distinctly musciform appearance, although its shiny, golden colouration was altogether more agreeable.”
“Larva.—Length, 7–9 mm. White, head black. General shape musciform, tapered anteriorly, blunt posteriorly.”
“They hatch out into musciform larvae which feed upon the nutriment collected by the bees for their own larvae.”
“In many musciform flies the first two segments are also fused...”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.