Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Spatulate in form; spoon-shaped.
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Examples
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The spatuliform caudal lamina bears from five to six pairs of setae on its hinder margin.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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Porcellanae, etc., they are produced in the interior of the spatuliform caudal plate.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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The forked tail reminds us rather of the forms occurring in the lower Crustacea, especially the Copepoda, than of the spatuliform caudal plate which characterises the Zoeae of Alpheus, Palaemon,
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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