palmate
adjective
shaped like an open palm or like a hand with the fingers extended, as a leaf or an antler.
palmated
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a variation of
palmate.
Example Sentences
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The horns spring from beneath the eyes, and curiously resemble those of stags, being either branched or palmated.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
The horns of the moose are a striking characteristic: they are palmated or flattened out like shovels, while along the edge rise the points or antlers.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
After a moment, however, I could trace among the twigs the long dark outlines of a strange animal’s back, with a huge pair of palmated horns rising above the underwood.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
They are rounded below, but in the upper part slightly flattened or palmated.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
It is referred to in an epistle of Gratian to Augustus: “I have sent thee a palmated garment, in which the name of our divine parent Constantine is interwoven.”
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
