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rhombiferous, a.|rɒmˈbɪfərəs|
[In sense 1, after F. rhombifère (Haüy); in sense 2, f. mod.L. Rhombifera (see rhombifer).]
1. Cryst. (See quot.)
1816R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 2) 217 The Rhombiferous rock-crystal,..which is a six-sided prism, acuminated on both extremities with six planes, which are set on the lateral planes, and slightly truncated on the alternate angles; the truncating planes are rhombs.
2. Ichth. Having rhomboidal scales.
1855in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. III. 67 The Rhombiferous Ganoid Fishes. |