linguliform

English

Etymology

lingula +‎ -iform

Adjective

linguliform (not comparable)

1. (biology) resembling a lingula

   This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.

Noun

linguliform (plural linguliforms)

1. Any brachiopod of the subphylum Linguliformea