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cultrate

American

[kuhl-treyt] / ˈkʌl treɪt /

Also cultrated

adjective

sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.

cultrate British

/ ˈkʌltreɪt /

adjective

shaped like a knife blade

cultrate leaves

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Other Word Forms

subcultrate adjective
subcultrated adjective

Etymology

Origin of cultrate

1855–60; < Latin cultrātus knife-shaped, equivalent to cultr- (stem of culter ) knife + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Description.—Black, glossed with bronzy and purplish; bill and feet black; bill with the culmen much elevated, compressed and cultrate: whole length 13·0 inches, wing 5·5, tail 7·0.

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Beak convex, cultrate; nostrils covered by recumbent bristly feathers: 19 species.

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Beak cultrate, the tip incurved, not covered with feathers at the base: 6 species.

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Beak cultrate, convex, bareish at the base: 8 species.

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Beak shorter than the head, cultrate, hooked, serrated: 3 species.

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