tuberculate
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- tuberculately adverb
- tuberculation noun
Etymology
Origin of tuberculate
1775–85; < New Latin tūberculātus, equivalent to tūbercul ( um ) tubercle + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Plectrohyla hartwegi differs from all of these species, except pycnochila, by having a tuberculate, instead of a smooth, dorsum, and hartwegi differs from pycnochila by having a bifid, instead of a rectangular, prepollex.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by Duellman, William E.
The skin on the dorsum is very weakly tuberculate.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
Specimens from the Caribbean lowlands are less tuberculate, and most individuals from there lack rugosities on the tarsus.
From The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by león, Juan R.
Syrrhophus nivocolimae is the only species with tubercles along the outer edge of the tarsus; this is merely a reflection of the highly tuberculate nature of the skin in this species.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by Lynch, John D.
Their shape, almost always spherical in the young plant, becomes ovate, ellipsoidal, fusiform, reniform, smooth, stellate, sometimes tuberculate, or remains globose.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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