a. Zool. [ad. mod.L. tectiform-is, f. tect-um roof: see -FORM.] a. Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on each side from a central ridge. b. Serving as a covering or lid.
1834. H. M’Murtrie, Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 414. Phryganea…. The wings are … strongly tectiform.
1880. Watson, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., XV. 95. Shell,—high, conical, tectiform.
1884. trans. Claus’ Zool., I. x. 582. Of slender build and with large wings, which in repose are tectiform.
1895. Funk’s Stand. Dict., Tectiform, having the form of a roof; serving as a cover or lid: as, tectiform maxillaries.
