Spatulate

Spatulate
Spatulate Spat"u*late, a. [NL. spatulatus.] (Nat. Hist.) Shaped like spatula, or like a battledoor, being roundish, with a long, narrow, linear base. [Also written {spathulate}.] [1913 Webster]

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  • spatulate — adjective Date: circa 1760 shaped like a spatula < a spatulate leaf > < spatulate spines of a caterpillar > < a spatulate tool > see leaf illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • spatulate — spoon shaped, depressed and concave …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • spatulate — adj. [L. spatula, spoon] Spatula like in form; flattened, while broad apically and narrowed basally …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • spatulate — /spach euh lit, layt /, adj. 1. shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon. 2. Bot. having a broad, rounded end and a narrow, attenuate base, as a leaf. [1750 60; < NL spatulatus. See SPATULA, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • spatulate — 1. adjective /ˈspæʧ.ə.lɪt/ a) Shaped like a spatula. b) Having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base. 2. verb /ˈspæʧ.ə.lɪt/ To treat or mix with a spatula. See Also …   Wiktionary

  • spatulate — 1. Shaped like a spatula. 2. To manipulate or mix with a spatula. 3. To incise the cut end of a tubular structure longitudinally and splay it open, to allow creation of an elliptical anastomosis of greater circumference than would be possible… …   Medical dictionary

  • spatulate — (Order Isopoda): Shaped like a spatula [Kensley and Schotte, 1989] …   Crustacea glossary

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