dendroid

dendroid
[ˈdɛndrɔɪd]
adjective
  1. (Biology)(of a plant, marine invertebrate, or structure) tree-shaped;arborescent; branching
    (生)(植物、海洋无脊椎动物或结构)树状的;分枝状的
    ■(Palaeontology)denoting graptolites of a type that formed much-branched colonies, found chiefly in the Ordovician and Silurian periods
    (古生物)(主要指奥陶纪和志留纪多分枝的笔石群体)树形笔石的
noun
  1. (Palaeontology)a graptolite of this type
    (古生物)树形笔石
  2. Order Dendroidea, class Graptolithina
    树形笔石目,笔石纲
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from dendro- 'tree' + -oid
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