Definitions for emarginate

emarginate e·mar·gi·nate

Spelling: [ih-mahr-juh-neyt, -nit or ih-mahr-j Emarginate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

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Definitions for emarginate

adjective

  1. notched at the margin.
  2. Botany. notched at the apex, as a petal or leaf.

Origin of emarginate

1785-95; Latin ēmarginātus deprived of its edge, equivalent to ē- e-1 + margin- (see margin) + ātus Examples for emarginate

emarginate, or Notched, indented at the end more decidedly; as in Fig. 138.

Tail rather long, emarginate, of twelve rather strong feathers.

Tongue slender, emarginate and papillate at the base, very narrow, tapering to a lacerated point.

Tail of moderate length, generally even, rarely rounded or emarginate, of twelve feathers.

In the male the labium is emarginate, in the female it is intire.

Bill narrower than in the preceding species; wings extremely long, extending far beyond the tail, which is emarginate.

Bill almost straight, acuminate; tail of moderate length, emarginate and rounded.

Bill short, moderately stout; tail long, emarginate, and considerably rounded.

The tongue is emarginate in 12 specimens and cordiform in all others.

Bill very short, moderately stout; tail rather long, emarginate, and rounded.

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