a. Nat. Hist. [mod. f. L. type *cultriformis, f. cultr- knife: see -FORM.] Shaped like a knife or coulter.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1828), IV. 162. The saw of some saw-flies is cultriform.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 169. Cultriform lamellæ.
a. Nat. Hist. [mod. f. L. type *cultriformis, f. cultr- knife: see -FORM.] Shaped like a knife or coulter.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1828), IV. 162. The saw of some saw-flies is cultriform.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 169. Cultriform lamellæ.