'Lobate' definitions:

Definition of 'lobate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Having or resembling a lobe or lobes; "a lobate tongue" [syn: lobate, lobated]
adjective
Having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other [syn: lobed, lobate]

Definition of 'Lobate'

From: 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]

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