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Definition of Imbricates
1. imbricate [v] - See also: imbricate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imbricates
Literary usage of Imbricates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"In closing up the abdominal wall after laparotomy the author imbricates the
fascial layers, as is excellently described by a colored plate. ..."
2. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1869)
"... having rhombic scales, and these arranged like tiles (as in figs. 473, 475,
519); and (3) imbricates, having the scales arranged like shingles, ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1863)
"... having rhombic scales, and these arranged like tiles (as in figs. 473, 475,
519); and (3) imbricates, having the scales arranged like shingles, ..."
4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1896)
"... imbricates, a, 6, young larva, back and side view, e, head above. d, head
below, e, terminal segment. (From drawings by Miss King) THE COSMOS WEEVIL. ..."
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