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Emarginate
EM`ARGINATE
Definition 2024
emarginate
emarginate
English
Adjective
emarginate (comparative more emarginate, superlative most emarginate)
- (botany, mycology) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower before reaching the attachment point.
- In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate.
- (zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.
- Toxotus ... has the antennae at least as long as the body...; the eyes are entire, or very slightly emarginate.[1]
Verb
emarginate (third-person singular simple present emarginates, present participle emarginating, simple past and past participle emarginated)
- (transitive) To take away the margin of.
References
- ↑ Cuvier, Animal Kingdom: Arranged According to Its Organization, Forming the Basis for a Natural History of Animals, and Introduction to Comparative Anatomy. 1840 publisher=Amen Corner page 549
Italian
Adjective
emarginate
- feminine plural of emarginato
Noun
emarginate f
- plural of emarginata
Verb
emarginate
- second-person plural present indicative of emarginare
- second-person plural imperative of emarginare
- feminine plural of emarginato