angulate
Americanadjective
adjective
verb
Other Word Forms
- angulated adjective
- angulately adverb
- angulateness noun
- subangulate adjective
- subangulated adjective
- subangulately adverb
Etymology
Origin of angulate
First recorded in 1785–95, angulate is from the Latin word angulātus having angles. See angle 1, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest A tortoise cam on an angulate tortoise used for Attenborough’s epic overview of life on Earth.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2015
The zoœcia are tubular and have a terminal or subterminal orifice, which is angulate or subangulate as seen from above.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The last whorl is acutely angulate posteriorly, and the spire is tabulated, giving to the shell a peculiar truncate appearance.
From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by Stuart, John McDouall
Having angles or corners; angled; as, angulate leaves.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The presence of exostosed dermal roofing bones, angulate prevomerine dentigerous processes, and the structure of the vocal sacs are characters which place the species in Osteocephalus.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by Duellman, William E.
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