tuberculate

[ too-bur-kyuh-lit, -leyt, tyoo- ]

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adjective

Also tu·ber·cu·lat·ed, tuberculose. having tubercles.
tubercular.

Origin of tuberculate

1775–85; <New Latin tūberculātus, equivalent to tūbercul(um) tubercle + -ātus-ate¹

Other words from tuberculate

tu·ber·cu·la·tion, noun

Words Nearby tuberculate

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How to use tuberculate in a sentence

Specimens from the Caribbean lowlands are less tuberculate, and most individuals from there lack rugosities on the tarsus.
The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America | Juan R. Len
Dermal plates consisting typically of two layers, the superficial tuberculate, the inner bony with radiating lamellæ.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan
These specimens (KU 3833), a female with well-developed ova, and a tuberculate male, were near a sandbar in the main channel.
Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas | W. L. Minckley
tuberculate -ose: formed like a tubercle: a surface covered with tubercles.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology | John. B. Smith
Their outer surfaces are tuberculate; internally they commonly have a radiate fibrous structure.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for tuberculate

tuberculate

/ (tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪt) /

adjective

covered with tubercles

Derived forms of tuberculate

tuberculately, adverb
tuberculation, noun

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