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lobate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lobate  \Lo"bate\,  Lobated  \Lo"ba*ted\,  a.  [See  {Lobe}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  Consisting  of  or  having  lobes;  lobed;  as  a 
  lobate  leaf. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Having  lobes;  --  said  of  the  tails  of  certain  fishes 
  having  the  integument  continued  to  the  bases  of  the 
  fin  rays. 
  b  Furnished  with  membranous  flaps,  as  the  toes  of  a 
  coot.  See  Illust.  m  under  {Aves}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lobate 
  adj  1:  having  or  resembling  a  lobe  or  lobes;  "a  lobate  tongue" 
  [syn:  {lobated}] 
  2:  having  deeply  indented  margins  but  with  lobes  not  entirely 
  separate  from  each  other  [syn:  {lobed}] 




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