crenate
adjective
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
crenated
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a variation of
crenate.
Example Sentences
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Bill elongated, thick, hollow, deflexed, the margins obtusely crenated, with excrescences of various forms placed on the upper mandible.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
They are however nothing but contraction forms of the poikilocytes, as the crenated are of the normal corpuscles.
From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers
Shell white, with capillary green bands; spire elongated, sub-attenuated, of six convex volutions; outer lip crenated; base slightly truncate.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Shell clouded and spotted with ferrugineous, with transverse elevated ribs; outer lip thick, obtusely crenated; pillar four-plaited.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
