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名詞

life-form (plural life-forms)

1. Alternative form of lifeform.
   • 2015, Joyce A. Quinn, Susan L. Woodward, “Introduction”, in Earth's Landscape: An Encyclopedia of the World's Geographic Features, volumes I: A–L, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page xxxi:

     The first (oldest) unit of time is the Precambrian Supereon, which covers much of Earth's history from its origins roughly 4.55 bya to 545 mya. Very primitive, one-celled life-forms arose as early as 4.0 bya and near the end of the era (570 mya) the oldest known fossils of multi-celled organisms appear.

名詞

life form (plural life forms)

1. The morphology present during a phase in the life cycle of an organism that distinguishes that phase from other phases.

   Coordinate term: morph

2. Alternative form of lifeform.

別の表記

• life form, life-form