Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lobate"
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) 1.7 (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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