annulate

American  

[an-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈæn yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also annulated

adjective

1. formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.

2. having rings or ringlike bands.

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annulate British  

/ -ˌleɪt, ˈænjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. having, composed of, or marked with rings

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Other Word Forms

• annulated adjective
• annulation noun

Etymology

Origin of annulate

1820–30; < Latin annulātus, variant of ānulātus ringed, equivalent to ānul ( us ) ring + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Surface of zoœcia minutely roughened, distinctly annulate on the distal part tanganyik�, p. 225.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

The gills are broad and free from the stem, sometimes anastomosing near it, white; stem white, hollow, tapering towards the cap, annulate.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

This is a beautiful species, easily known by its discoidal or almost annulate sporangia mounted upon short dark black stipes.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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