life form

1. 1.

   the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism

   Broaderbody

Questions about life form

What does life form mean?

life form means "the characteristic bodily form of a mature organism".

Is life form a common word?

life form is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.