lobate

American  

[loh-beyt] / ˈloʊ beɪt /

Also lobated

adjective

1. having a lobe lobes; lobed.

2. having the form of a lobe.

3. Ornithology. noting or pertaining to a foot in which the individual toes have membranous flaps along the sides.

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lobate British  

/ ˈləʊbeɪt /

adjective

1. having or resembling lobes

2. (of birds) having separate toes that are each fringed with a weblike lobe

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• lobately
  adverb
• multilobate
  adjective
• interlobate
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of lobate

From the New Latin word lobātus, dating back to 1750–60. See lobe, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

SMRs form from the same compressional forces that create lobate scarps.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

Global map of shortening structures atop lobate scarps.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023

Like many bird species, pigeons accomplish this with microscopic structures called lobate cilia, which ornithologists documented early in the 20th century.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2020

Theory suggests such bodies will take on an elongated or lobate form.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2018

The jaws, the uneven lobate disk of the preoperculum and the branchiostegous membrane are naked, the rest of them being scaly.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort