emarginate
adjective
notched at the margin.
emargination
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a word derived from
emarginate.
Example Sentences
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Ferruginous; the clypeus, mandibles, cheeks, and the face, as high as the middle of the emargination of the eyes, yellow.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
The specimens from Quebec differ from the one from Wyoming in smaller size, relatively smaller lateral digital processes, larger more medial basal emargination, and slender shafts.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson
Ocular emargination: in Mallophaga, a lateral emargination of the head in which the eye is received posteriorly.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
In possessing a shallow emargination in the base of the stalk and in possessing a median process that is smaller than the lateral processes, M. socialis, as figured by Didier, differs from M. oregoni.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Sydney Anderson
The gills are rather broad, with a wide, shallow emargination.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
