Lobate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lobate \Lo"bate\, Lobated \Lo"ba*ted\, a. [See {Lobe}.]
     1. (Bot.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a
        lobate leaf.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.)


        (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes
            having the integument continued to the bases of the
            fin rays.
        (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a
            coot. See Illust. (m) under {Aves}.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lobate
       adj 1: having or resembling a lobe or lobes; "a lobate tongue"
              [syn: {lobated}]
       2: having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely
          separate from each other [syn: {lobed}]