Definitions for lobate

lobate lo·bate

Spelling: [loh-beyt]
IPA: /ˈloʊ beɪt/

Lobate is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in lobate (abelot).

Definitions for lobate

adjective

  1. having a lobe lobes; lobed.
  2. having the form of a lobe.
  3. Ornithology. noting or pertaining to a foot in which the individual toes have membranous flaps along the sides.

Origin of lobate

From the New Latin word lobātus, dating back to 1750-60. See lobe, -ate1

Examples for lobate

Phalaropes are small Plover-like birds, but with lobate webbed feet, similar to those of the Grebes and Coots.

lobate -us: divided by deep, undulating and successive incisions.

The lobate kidneys have already been mentioned in defining this family (see p. 426).

It is lobate in form and is divided by lines into areas in each of which a deeply-stained granule is situated.

We entirely separate these here from the true Cyrtida, on account of their lobate or multilocular cephalis.

Toes four with lobate webs; tipped with a broad nail; tail wanting.

Some of them are lobate, and appear as if they were undergoing division.

Word Value for lobate
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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