circumvallate
Americanadjective
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surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
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Anatomy. surrounded by a depression or wall-like ridge.
verb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of circumvallate
1655–65; < Latin circumvallātus (past participle of circumvallāre to surround with a wall), equivalent to circum- circum- + vall ( um ) rampart, wall + -ātus -ate 1
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The large circumvallate papillae contain up to 100 taste buds and form a V near the posterior margin of the tongue.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Finally, there are circumvallate papillae, which are wall-like papillae in the shape of an inverted “V” at the back of the tongue.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The scenery was a magnificence of circumvallate mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are two large circumvallate papillae near the base, rather irregular in form, about a quarter of an inch in diameter and half an inch apart.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
The muscular system is untouched; the structure and nature of the terminal circumvallate papilla have to be made out; the lingual teeth must be re-examined; and the characters of the male determined.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
Theme of "The Cat, a Goldfinch and the Stars" is that every individualized consciousness is circumvallated by whatever body it may inhabit.
From Time Magazine Archive
But through the gloom, and on the circumvallating reef, the breakers dashed ghost-white.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
And floating away, these vapors blended with the faint mist, as of a cataract, hovering over the circumvallating reef.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Herman Melville
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