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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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
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
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
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
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 Thomas Taylor
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