dimidiate
Britishadjective
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divided in halves
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rare biology having one of two sides or parts less developed than the other
dimidiate antlers
verb
Other Word Forms
- dimidiation noun
Etymology
Origin of dimidiate
C17: from Latin dīmidiāre to halve, from dīmidius half, from dis- apart + medius middle
Example Sentences
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The gills are free, white at first, then from flesh-color to a reddish hue from the rosy-colored spores; some of the gills are dimidiate, somewhat crowded, broader in the middle.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
B. Tu quoque tu in summis, o dimidiate Menander, Poneris, et merito, puri sermonis amator.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
LA TOUCHE, J.D., on a Canadian apple with dimidiate fruit.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
P. 1-2 cm. dimidiate, sessile and fixed by a downy nodule, white, marginate behind, variegated with minute rufescent scales; g. radiating from base, at length brownish rusty; sp. ——. haustellaris, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Tu quoque tu in summis, O dimidiate Menander, Poneris, et merito, puri sermonis amator: Lenibus atque utinam scriptis adjuncta foret vis Comica, ut æquato virtus polleret honore Cum Græcis, neque in hac despectus parte jaceres.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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