lobate
pronunciation
How to pronounce lobate in British English: UK ['ləʊbeɪt]
How to pronounce lobate in American English: US ['loʊbeɪt]
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- Adjective:
- having or resembling a lobe or lobes
- having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other
Word Origin
- lobate (adj.)
- "having lobes," 1760, from Modern Latin lobatus, from lobus (see lobe).
Example
- 1. Having lobate toes . Used of birds .
- 2. Uvula the lobate extension of the inner crown base of a chondrichthyan tooth .