Musciform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Musciform is an adjective meaning (botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
Meaning
(botany) Having the appearance or form of a moss.
More Meanings
- Having the form or structure of flies of the genus Musca or family Muscidae.
Example Sentences
In many musciform flies the first two segments are also fused.
The surface had an irregular, musciform quality, interrupted by various ridges and valleys.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include muscoid, muscicolous, moss-grown, fungiform, moriform, musiform.
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