scalpriform

English

Etymology

From Latin scalprum (“chisel, knife”) + -form.

Adjective

scalpriform (comparative more scalpriform, superlative most scalpriform)

1. (archaic) Shaped like a chisel.

   the scalpriform incisors of rodents

Usage notes

Exclusively used to describe teeth,

References

• “scalpriform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.