nidiformis

== Latin == === Etymology === nīdus (“a nest”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [niː.dɪˈfoːr.mɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ni.diˈfɔr.mis] === Adjective === nīdifōrmis (neuter nīdifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin, specific epithet) nidiform (nest-shaped) [1828] ==== Usage notes ==== Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== Translingual: Mantellia nidiformis ==== Descendants ==== English: nidiform French: nidiforme Italian: nidiforme