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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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
P. convex, umb. squamulosely punctate from the umbo, milk-white with densely crowded yellow striae; g. very broad, crowded; s. stuffed, thin, obsoletely annulate below middle. transilvanica, Schulz.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Sporangia white, depressed, annulate, sometimes with short stipes 17.
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 Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
It is highly contractile and when contracted sometimes assumes an annulate appearance; but as a rule the external surface is smooth.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
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 Gary N. (Gary Nathan) Calkins
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