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tectiform, a. Zool.|ˈtɛktɪfɔːm|
[ad. mod.L. tectiform-is, f. tect-um roof: see -form.]
1. a. Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on each side from a central ridge. b. Serving as a covering or lid.
1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 414 Phryganea... The wings are..strongly tectiform. 1880Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XV. 95 Shell,—high, conical, tectiform. 1884tr. Claus' Zool. I. x. 582 Of slender build and with large wings, which in repose are tectiform. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tectiform, having the form of a roof; serving as a cover or lid: as, tectiform maxillaries.
2. Archæol.
a. Applied to a roof-shaped design or symbol found in palæolithic cave-paintings and engravings.
b. n. A design or symbol of this type.
1921R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. Europ. Archæol. I. ix. 491 Tectiform devices are essentially shaped like a more or less isosceles triangle, with a vertical line running from apex to base. Ibid. 492 The resemblance between such huts and the tectiform devices is striking, but not wholly convincing... I have another suggestion to offer..namely, that they are intended to represent traps. 1921M. C. Burkitt Prehist. 382 (caption) The painted tectiform from La Mouthe. 1962S. Giedion Eternal Present I. iii. 254 The tectiforms of Font-de-Gaume also belong to the class of symbols with more or less straight lines. |