lobate [loh-beyt] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- having the form of a lobe.
- Ornithology. noting or pertaining to a foot in which the individual toes have membranous flaps along the sides.
Also lo·bat·ed. Origin of lobate From the New Latin word lobātus, dating back to 1750–60. See lobe, -ate1 Related formslo·bate·ly, adverbin·ter·lo·bate, adjectivemul·ti·lo·bate, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lobate Historical Examples of lobate
Lobate -us: divided by deep, undulating and successive incisions.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
Some of them are lobate, and appear as if they were undergoing division.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1
Francis Maitland Balfour
The lobate kidneys have already been mentioned in defining this family (see p. 426).
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia
Frank Evers Beddard
Phalaropes are small Plover-like birds, but with lobate webbed feet, similar to those of the Grebes and Coots.
Chester A. Reed
We entirely separate these here from the true Cyrtida, on account of their lobate or multilocular cephalis.
Ernst Haeckel
British Dictionary definitions for lobate lobate lobated adjective
- having or resembling lobes
- (of birds) having separate toes that are each fringed with a weblike lobe
Derived Formslobately, adverb Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for lobate adj.
“having lobes,” 1760, from Modern Latin lobatus, from lobus (see lobe).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper lobate in Medicine lobate [lō′bāt′] adj.
- Divided into lobes.
- Lobe-shaped.
Related formslo′bate′ly adv. The American Heritage® Stedman’s Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.