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Definition of Foveate
1. a. Having pits or depressions; pitted.
Definition of Foveate
1. Adjective. (anatomy of a bone or organ) Having slight depressions or pits. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foveate
1. fovea [adj] - See also: fovea
Medical Definition of Foveate
1.
1. Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Foveate
Literary usage of Foveate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1907)
"... which are deep and partly somewhat foveate »nd extend from ... granular and
striate; prosternum foveate and brown immediately before the anterior ..."
2. Suggestions for the Sanitary Drainage of Washington City by George Edwin Waring (1883)
"... foveate; joints of antennae 9-11 long. ... foveate at the middle; joints of
antennae 9-11 long. Theca. ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1893)
"7, with three foveate marks of an aggregate area of i sq. inch ; admitted ...
32, having one foveate mark of J square inch area, re-vaccinated November 22 ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"... are foveate for the hind knees in ... not foveate at the middle ... foveate at
the middle Prothe|ca. ..."
5. Rhynchophora Or Weevils of North Eastern America by Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng (1916)
"Front foveate; alternate elytral intervals mottled with short oblong darker spots;
larger, 4.7—5 mm. 327. MAOISTER. bb. Front excavated; elytra uniform ..."
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