lobate
Americanadjective
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having a lobe lobes; lobed.
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having the form of a lobe.
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Ornithology. noting or pertaining to a foot in which the individual toes have membranous flaps along the sides.
adjective
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having or resembling lobes
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(of birds) having separate toes that are each fringed with a weblike lobe
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of lobate
From the New Latin word lobātus, dating back to 1750–60. See lobe, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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However, lobate scarps do not explain all of the Moon's relatively recent contraction features.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2026
Global map of shortening structures atop lobate scarps.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2023
“What we discovered is the actual mechanism of those lobate cilia—that it is not friction, but hooking,” Feo says.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 10, 2020
Theory suggests such bodies will take on an elongated or lobate form.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2018
Phalaropes are small Plover-like birds, but with lobate webbed feet, similar to those of the Grebes and Coots.
From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
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