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LIFE FORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The characteristic bodily form of a mature organism
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("life form" is a kind of...):
body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))
Context examples:
The new model indicated these minute traces of oxygen should be able to enter salty seeps of water on or near the planet's surface at levels high enough to support life forms comparable to Earth's microbes, possibly even simple sponges.
(Simple animals could live in Martian brines, Wikinews)
