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Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.

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  1. a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
  2. Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.
  3. Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheadedcharacters, characters the elements of which consist of strokesresembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called alsonail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; theoldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris andEuphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among the ruinsof Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See Cuneiform.
  4. a. Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.