crenate
adjective
having the margin notched or scalloped so as to form rounded teeth, as a leaf.
crenated
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a variation of
crenate.
Example Sentences
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The paddi-field leech of Ceylon, used for surgical purposes, has the dorsal surface of blackish olive, with several longitudinal striæ, more or less defined; the crenated margin yellow.
From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent
External to and behind the pyramid is the crenated section of the olivary nucleus, the surface bulging of which forms the olivary body.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Shell generally smooth, the base thick and truncated; margin of the outer lip crenated; throat smooth.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
The lower wings have also a black border with one white spot, and which is simply crenated on the inside.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by Phillip Parker King
Shell white, with capillary green bands; spire elongated, sub-attenuated, of six convex volutions; outer lip crenated; base slightly truncate.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by William Swainson
