lobate
Americanadjective
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having a lobe lobes; lobed.
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having the form of a lobe.
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Ornithology. noting or pertaining to a foot in which the individual toes have membranous flaps along the sides.
adjective
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having or resembling lobes
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(of birds) having separate toes that are each fringed with a weblike lobe
Other Word Forms
- interlobate adjective
- lobately adverb
- multilobate adjective
Etymology
Origin of lobate
From the New Latin word lobātus, dating back to 1750–60. See lobe, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Earlier work by Watters linked the tectonic forces that produce lobate scarps with recorded moonquakes.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
Working with the most detailed images provided by MESSENGER, Man found 48 large lobate scarps that definitely have small grabens.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023
“What we discovered is the actual mechanism of those lobate cilia—that it is not friction, but hooking,” Feo says.
From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2020
Theory suggests such bodies will take on an elongated or lobate form.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2018
Lob′ar, Lob′āte, Lobed, Lob′ose; Lobe′-foot′ed, Lō′biped, having lobate feet, as a coot, grebe, or phalarope.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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