tuberculate

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

adjective

1. Also tu·bercu·lated, having tubercles.
2. tubercular.

tuberculate

/ tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. covered with tubercles

Derived Forms

• tuˈberculately, adverb
• tuˌbercuˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• tu·bercu·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberculate¹

1775–85; < New Latin tūberculātus, equivalent to tūbercul ( um ) tubercle + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Specimens from the Caribbean lowlands are less tuberculate, and most individuals from there lack rugosities on the tarsus.

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Dermal plates consisting typically of two layers, the superficial tuberculate, the inner bony with radiating lamellæ.

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These specimens (KU 3833), a female with well-developed ova, and a tuberculate male, were near a sandbar in the main channel.

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Tuberculate -ose: formed like a tubercle: a surface covered with tubercles.

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Their outer surfaces are tuberculate; internally they commonly have a radiate fibrous structure.

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