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

Wings long; first primary so small as at first sight to seem wanting, second longest but third nearly its equal, fourth decidedly shorter, outer secondaries short and emarginate at tip.

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

Notch′-eared, having emarginate ears, as the notch-eared bat; Notched, nicked.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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.

Petals.—Four to seven lines long; very broad; the upper deep purple, the others lilac, bluish, or white, veined with purple, with a yellowish base; the lateral bearded; the lowest emarginate.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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.