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Definition of Curvate
1. a. Bent in a regular form; curved.
Definition of Curvate
1. Adjective. bent in a regular form; curved ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curvate
1. bent in a regular form [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curvate
Literary usage of Curvate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series Contained by John Quekett (1850)
"The principal forms are the multi-radiate and stellate, but a few specimens may
be seen of the bi-curvate variety, represented at / in Plate X. fig. 12. ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"... the last joint having also five or six smaller marginal setae arranged in a
pectinate series; rostrum long and slender, curvate. Lower foot-jaw simple, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"... nearly parallel and not attaining either anterior or posterior margin, anterior
margin with two curvate elevations, including margins of impression; ..."
4. Lectures on Histology: Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England by John Thomas Quekett (1854)
"In another sponge from the South Seas bi-curvate spicula, of the shape shown at
a, are very common. Mr. Shadbolt, however, has detected some still more ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1885)
"... inflated, curvate, with a superior furrow ; second joint short; third joint
longer, slender with two simple claws. Systematic Position of the Family. ..."
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