lobate

[ loh-beyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

having a lobe lobes; lobed.
having the form of a lobe.
Ornithology. noting or pertaining to a foot in which the individual toes have membranous flaps along the sides.

lobate

/ ˈləʊbeɪt /

Origin of lobate¹

From the New Latin word lobātus, dating back to 1750–60. See lobe, -ate ¹

It is lobate in form and is divided by lines into areas in each of which a deeply-stained granule is situated.

Though usually spherical the nuclei not infrequently have a somewhat lobate form.

Phalaropes are small Plover-like birds, but with lobate webbed feet, similar to those of the Grebes and Coots.

Some of them are lobate, and appear as if they were undergoing division.

Both joints of the shell are irregularly lobate, with numerous vaulted lobes of different sizes, and partly internal septa.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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