Usually means: Organisms that grow, reproduce, metabolize.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word life form:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. life form: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. life-form: Merriam-Webster
  3. life form: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. life form: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. life form: Collins English Dictionary
  6. life form: Vocabulary.com
  7. life-form: Wordnik
  8. life form: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. life form: Wiktionary
  10. life-form: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. life form: Dictionary.com
  12. Life Form (novel), Life form: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. life form: Rhymezone
  14. life form: FreeDictionary.org
  15. life form: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. life form: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Life-form, life form: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Life-form, life form: Medical dictionary

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Avian Terms For Use in Avian Conservation Biology (No longer online)
  3. Biodiversity (No longer online)

(Note: See life_forms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (life form)

noun:  The morphology of an organism that distinguishes it from others.
noun:  Alternative form of lifeform [Any specific living organism.]

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