annulate
Americanadjective
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formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.
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having rings or ringlike bands.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of annulate
1820–30; < Latin annulātus, variant of ānulātus ringed, equivalent to ānul ( us ) ring + -ātus -ate 1
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The longitudinal type characterises such genera as Vibrio, Filaria, Gordius, and all the annulate animals.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Ringed, surrounded as with a ring, annulose, annulate: wearing a wedding-ring.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Cross rings may or may not be present, and the cup is either smooth or annulate.
From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)
In eggs with yolk, whether vertebrate or annulate, there is always a separation into an animal and a plastic layer.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Thus vertebrate and annulate embryos agree in certain points at the time of the formation of the primitive streak.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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