annulate

American  

[an-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˈæn yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also annulated

adjective

1. formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.

2. having rings or ringlike bands.

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annulate British  

/ -ˌleɪt, ˈænjʊlɪt /

adjective

1. having, composed of, or marked with rings

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Other Word Forms

• annulated adjective
• annulation noun

Etymology

Origin of annulate

1820–30; < Latin annulātus, variant of ānulātus ringed, equivalent to ānul ( us ) ring + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Thus vertebrate and annulate embryos agree in certain points at the time of the formation of the primitive streak.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

In eggs with yolk, whether vertebrate or annulate, there is always a separation into an animal and a plastic layer.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

The gills are broad and free from the stem, sometimes anastomosing near it, white; stem white, hollow, tapering towards the cap, annulate.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

P. convex, umb. squamulosely punctate from the umbo, milk-white with densely crowded yellow striae; g. very broad, crowded; s. stuffed, thin, obsoletely annulate below middle. transilvanica, Schulz.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

This species is recognizable at once by its regular, uniform, depressed, annulate or pitted sporangia, scattered evenly over the habitat of rotten leaves or wood.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)