emargination
- a word derived from emarginate.
Example Sentences
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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 Smith, John. B.
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 Anderson, Sydney
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 Anderson, Sydney
The gills are rather broad, with a wide, shallow emargination.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
Black; the scape in front, a line on the inner margin of the eyes, terminating in their emargination, an abbreviated line behind them, and the clypeus yellow; the latter deeply emarginate, forming two teeth.
From Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology by Various
