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Definition of Exarate
1. v. t. To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.
Definition of Exarate
1. Adjective. (entomology of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exarate
1. of pupae, containing grooves [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exarate
Literary usage of Exarate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by William Jackson Hooker, William Borrer, James Sowerby (1834)
"... nor so shining, have the veins much less deeply exarate, and are scarcely
pubescent on either side, except on the stalks and about the midrib, ..."
2. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The Different types of pupae.—Three types of pupas are commonly recognized; these
are the following : Fig. 215 .—Puparium of a exarate ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1858)
"... outer ones are obliterated, the eighth is entirely wanting : the marginal
ceases at the humérus : the seventh is exarate at the tip as in the preceding. ..."
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