acuminate
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of acuminate
1595–1605; < Latin acūminātus (past participle of acūmināre ), equivalent to acūmin- (stem of acūmen ) acumen + -ātus -ate 1
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Another species in crisis is the acuminate crayfish, which is unique to Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, experts said, and found largely in the Anacostia watershed.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2021
A series of fortunate events brought me to a floor somewhere in the mid-twenties of London’s most acuminate skyscraper, the 72-storey, 306-metre Shard.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2014
Empty glumes persistent, narrow, acuminate, more or less unequal, the longer usually a little shorter than the rather rigid acuminate flowering one.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
The parasphenoids are large elements characterized by acuminate cultriform processes and posterolaterally inclined alary processes.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Mandibles, with three teeth, of which the first is distant from the second; inferior angle not much acuminated, pectinated on both edges.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Carina equalling the terga in length, and about three fourths of the length of the scuta; neither the upper nor lower point much acuminated.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
When disturbed, they hurry to their usual refuge, rapidly beating their very feeble wings, and expanding the broad acuminated tail like a fan.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Palpi not nearly touching each other, pointing towards the adductor: much hollowed out on their inner sides, hence narrow and acuminated, with doubly serrated bristles.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In the acuminated variety there are marked papillary enlargement, excessive development of the mucous layer, and an abundant vascular supply.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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