emarginate
Americanadjective
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notched at the margin.
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Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- emarginately adverb
- emargination noun
- subemarginate adjective
- subemarginated adjective
Etymology
Origin of emarginate
1785–95; < Latin ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + margin- ( margin ) + ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Shell turrited, smooth, polished, umbilicated, base truncated, emarginate.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Shell elongated, cream colour, with green and yellow bands; aperture ovately rounded, white; outer lip notched in the middle; base emarginate.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Skull: Nasals rounded posteriorly rather than deeply emarginate, and less flaring distally; zygomatic arches weaker and markedly less widely spreading; pterygoid hamulae weaker; basisphenoid narrower; upper incisors shorter and wider.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
Bill rather stout, short, not very broad at base; upper mandible decurved towards point, which is slightly emarginate; nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and exposed; gape with bristles.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
Skull: Broader, more angular and more nearly flat; zygomatic arches more widely spreading; zygomatic processes of maxillae heavier; posterior ends of nasals emarginate rather than rounded; upper incisors longer.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.
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