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▪ I. maniform, a.1|ˈmænɪfɔːm| [ad. mod.L. maniform-is, f. L. manus hand: see -form.] Having the form of a hand; hand-shaped; Ent. chelate.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. IV. 310 Maniform. When they [palpi] are chelate or furnished with a finger and thumb. 1856in Mayne Expos. Lex., and in mod. Dicts. ▪ II. maniform, a.2|ˈmænɪfɔːm| [Badly f. mani- (= many a., as in manifold) + -form.] Multiform.
1835New Monthly Mag. XLIII. 298 Their avenues of enjoyment are their maniform sympathies. 1863Reade Hard Cash III. 117 He favoured Julia and Edward with a full account of the maniform enormities he had detected them in. |