stapediform

English

Etymology

From Latin stapēs, stapedem (“stirrup”) + -iform.

Adjective

stapediform (comparative more stapediform, superlative most stapediform)

1. Stirrup-shaped.
   • 1915, Claude Morley, A Revision of the Ichneumonidae Based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History) With Descriptions of New Genera and Species, part IV: Tribes Joppides, Banchides and Alomyides, London: […] British Museum, page 43:

     The stapediform metathoracic spot, upon which its author lays such stress, occupies the whole centre of the petiolar area, between the longitudinal carinae and is usually subparallel-sided or gradually a little explanate throughout; on either side is a slight and oblique line above the hind coxae.