a. [f. as prec. + -(I)FORM.] Having the form of a round shield.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 302. Scolitarii . Body subovoid or cylindrical; linear or clypeiform.
1872. H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 159. The carapace is clypeiform.
a. [f. as prec. + -(I)FORM.] Having the form of a round shield.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 302. Scolitarii . Body subovoid or cylindrical; linear or clypeiform.
1872. H. A. Nicholson, Palæont., 159. The carapace is clypeiform.