villiform

/vil-uh-fawrm/US // ˈvɪl əˌfɔrm //UK // (ˈvɪlɪˌfɔːm) //

村庄式,村状,村庄型,村庄状

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : having the form of a villus.
- : shaped and set so as to resemble the pile of velvet, as the teeth of certain fishes.

The teeth are disposed on the jaws in rather broad villiform bands, the individual teeth being setaceous and erect.
The jaws, vomer, palatines, and upper and lower pharyngeals are armed with bands of small villiform teeth.
The most usual type of teeth among fishes is that of villiform bands.