Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a mummy: applied in entomology to the nymphs of certain Lepidoptera.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having some resemblance to a mummy; -- in zoölogy, said of the pupæ of certain insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the shape of a
mummy .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You can have a regular casket, or Summum's artists will take a death-mask and create a hand-made mummiform [outer shell] to fit your exact form, either in the Egyptian style or whatever asthetic or religious style you prefer.
Archive 2007-04-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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You can also have your pet mummified and encased in bronze or other materials, for the modest fee of "$6,000 to over $128,000 depending on the size of the animal and the type of mummiform you choose."
Archive 2007-04-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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You can have a regular casket, or Summum's artists will take a death-mask and create a hand-made mummiform [outer shell] to fit your exact form, either in the Egyptian style or whatever asthetic or religious style you prefer.
Become a Mummy Heather McDougal 2007
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You can also have your pet mummified and encased in bronze or other materials, for the modest fee of "$6,000 to over $128,000 depending on the size of the animal and the type of mummiform you choose."
Become a Mummy Heather McDougal 2007
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Inside they found a black-grayish basalt mummiform sarcophagus coated with a layer of earth and potsherds affixed to the lid with plaster.
Czech Egyptologists Open Shaft Tomb, Identify Royal Burial at Abusir 1998
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While my Lady Lostris spoke from the wings, her shad-owy alter ego on stage stood over the mummiform figure of Osiris and made a series of mystical gestures.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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Upon this granite hd a master mason was fashioning the likeness of the mummiform Pharaoh, with his arms crossed and the crook and flail gripped in his dead hands.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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The cat was positioned in half of the bronze mummiform, sculpted by Stan Watts, a well-known artist who's done work for the LDS Church, that will become her final resting place.
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After that he will be wrapped and placed in a sealed mummiform.
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