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Definition of Limbate
1. a. Bordered, as when one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
Definition of Limbate
1. Adjective. (biology paleontology) Having a distinct edge, especially one of a different colour; bordered. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limbate
1. having an edge of a different color [adj]
Medical Definition of Limbate
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Limbate
Literary usage of Limbate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Microscopical Journal: Transactions of the Royal Microscopical (1876)
"... limbate and tuberculate, tuberculata and elegans, D'O. With but few chambers
... limbate cassis); if the chambers be very close set, falciform, ..."
2. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1866)
"The form referred to by Linne* is smooth and compact in growth, and has limbate
or thickened septal lines; Vag. elegans, D'Orb., and 7. ligata, Rss., ..."
3. Report on the Recent Forminifera of the Malay Archipelago Contained in by Fortescue William Millet (1904)
"mens are sufficiently numerous to mark perfectly the transition from the normal
to the limbate form. Brady gives three ' Challenger' Stations, ..."
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