a. Entom. [f. TELESCOPE + [I]FORM.] Having the form of a telescope; consisting of a series of joints or tubes retractile one within another.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. xlvi. 352. Ovipositor … Telescopiform.
1848. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., IX. I. 190. With her telescopiform oviduct she … pierces the cuticle.
