patelliform

/puh-tel-uh-fawrm/US // pəˈtɛl əˌfɔrm //

髌骨状,髌骨型,髌形,髌骨形

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : having the form of a patella; shaped like a saucer, kneecap, or limpet shell.

Although the Patell were described as symmetrical, there are several species of Patelliform shells which are not symmetrical.
A small patelliform shell, with a very short papillary spire; and the aperture irregularly expanded.
This order, which includes mollusca with haliotoid or patelliform shells, is divided into the following families: Fam.
Patelliform; apex central; columellar lip septiform, leaving the aperture small.
Patelliform, oval or oblong, radiated; apex anterior, perforated.