2. Adjective. Having the shape of a patella, patelliform ¹
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Definition of Patellate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patellate
Literary usage of Patellate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Synopsis of the Lichenes of New England, the Other Northern States, and by Edward Tuckerman (1848)
"... becoming at length angulate-patellate, or finally crowded together in a ...
from the patellate apothecia ; but I am uncertain how far the proposed ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1876)
"Third joint of tarsi patellate, spongy surface not divided Third joint of tarsi
patellate, spongy, ..."
3. Suggestions for the Sanitary Drainage of Washington City by George Edwin Waring (1883)
"Anterior cox» narrowly separated. .; 3. Third joint of tarsi patellate, spongy
surface not divided. ..."
4. A Manual of British Coleoptera, Or Beetles: Containing a Brief Description by James Francis Stephens (1839)
"... the body beneath and the legs pitchy-red : anterior thighs of the $ compressed,
toothed beneath, the tarsi slightly patellate ; Ç with the antenna; ..."
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