emarginate

American  

[ih-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit] / ɪˈmɑr dʒəˌneɪt, -nɪt /

Also emarginated

adjective

1. notched at the margin.

2. Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.

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emarginate British  

/ ɪˈmɑːdʒɪˌneɪt /

adjective

1. having a notched tip or edge

   emarginate leaves

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emarginate Scientific  

/ ĭ-mär′jə-nĭt,-nāt′ /

1. Having a shallow notch at the tip, as in some petals and leaves or the tails of some birds.

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Other Word Forms

• emarginately adverb
• emargination noun
• subemarginate adjective
• subemarginated adjective

Etymology

Origin of emarginate

1785–95; < Latin ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equivalent to ē- e- ¹ + margin- ( margin ) + ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Bill rather stout, short, not very broad at base; upper mandible decurved towards point, which is slightly emarginate; nostrils basal, lateral, oval, and exposed; gape with bristles.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

Fruit saucer-shaped, emarginate at base and apex, winged by the divergent cells.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Bill slender, compressed towards the point, a little deflected and very slightly emarginate; gape with tolerably large bristles.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

Shell elongated, cream colour, with green and yellow bands; aperture ovately rounded, white; outer lip notched in the middle; base emarginate.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Skull: Nasals rounded posteriorly rather than deeply emarginate, and less flaring distally; zygomatic arches weaker and markedly less widely spreading; pterygoid hamulae weaker; basisphenoid narrower; upper incisors shorter and wider.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.