Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Funnel-shaped; infundibuliform: specifically applied to the choanoideus, a muscle of the eyeball of many animals.
- n. The choanoid muscle, or choanoideus.
Wiktionary
- adj. anatomy funnel-shaped; applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the eyeball in many reptiles and mammals
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Anat.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoanē, "funnel") + -oid. (Wiktionary)
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