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areolate

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[uh-ree-uh-layt] / əˈri ə leɪt /

adjective

  1. Anatomy. divided into distinct sections, areas, or areolae.


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Three types of spores may be said to prevail in the Tuberacei: the smooth spored, the warted or spinulose, and the areolate.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

The skin on the flanks, especially the axilla, is areolate.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman

The skin on the dorsum is smooth with scattered small tubercles and areolate on the anterior part of the flanks.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman

The skin on the dorsum is weakly tuberculate and that on the anterior part of the flanks is areolate.

From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman

Skin of dorsal surfaces of head, body, and limbs faintly areolate; skin of chin, belly, and ventral surfaces of thighs granular, that of ventral surfaces of limbs, except thighs, areolate; thoracic fold absent.

From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by William E. Duellman

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