Definition of "spatuliform" []

• Spatulate in form; spoon-shaped.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The spatuliform caudal lamina bears from five to six pairs of setae on its hinder margin."
• "Porcellanae, etc., they are produced in the interior of the spatuliform caudal plate."
• "The forked tail reminds us rather of the forms occurring in the lower Crustacea, especially the Copepoda, than of the spatuliform caudal plate which characterises the Zoeae of Alpheus, Palaemon,"