Definitions for cuneate

cuneate cu·ne·ate

Spelling: [kyoo-nee-it, -eyt or kyoo-nee-ey-tid]
IPA: /ˈkyu ni ɪt, -ˌeɪt or ˈkyu niˌeɪ tɪd/

Cuneate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 132 anagrams from letters in cuneate (aceentu).

Definitions for cuneate

adjective

  1. having or being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
  2. (of leaves) triangular at the base and tapering to a point.

Origin of cuneate

1800-10; Latin cuneātus, equivalent to cuneā(re) to wedge, secure by wedging, become wedge-shaped + -tus past participle suffix; see -ate

Examples for cuneate

The lesion is one of the left occipital cortex in the cuneate lobe and the neighbourhood of the calcarine fissure.

At the time of metamorphosis, young are dark brown with specks of black and with a dark, cuneate, leaflike middorsal mark.

Such a loss agrees with a lesion involving the upper part of the cuneate lobe above the calcarine fissure.

Valve clavate, with cuneate, acute apex; axial area distinct; central area unilateral with one stigma.

Valve rhombic-lanceolate, with cuneate ends and produced apices.

In shape they are mostly of some form referable to the cuneate form.

Divisions few, stalked, from cuneate to roundish-ovate, toothed or incised at the apex.

Valve linear, with cuneate ends; otherwise as in S. pinnata.

Tail very short, rounded or cuneate, of fourteen or more feathers.

Valve symmetrical in zone and valve view along the sagittal line, but asymmetrical to the transverse axis, cuneate.

Word Value for cuneate
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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