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Meaning of LOBATE

Pronunciation:  'lowbeyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other
  2. [adj]  having or resembling a lobe or lobes; "a lobate tongue"
 
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 Synonyms: compound, lobated, lobed
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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}.
 

 

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