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tuberculate

[ too-bur-kyuh-lit, -leyt, tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. Also tu·bercu·lated, having tubercles.


tuberculate

/ tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlɪt /

adjective

  1. covered with tubercles
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Derived Forms

  • tuˌbercuˈlation, noun
  • tuˈberculately, adverb
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Other Words From

  • tu·bercu·lation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberculate1

1775–85; < New Latin tūberculātus, equivalent to tūbercul ( um ) tubercle + -ātus -ate 1
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Example Sentences

Specimens from the Caribbean lowlands are less tuberculate, and most individuals from there lack rugosities on the tarsus.

Dermal plates consisting typically of two layers, the superficial tuberculate, the inner bony with radiating lamellæ.

These specimens (KU 3833), a female with well-developed ova, and a tuberculate male, were near a sandbar in the main channel.

Tuberculate -ose: formed like a tubercle: a surface covered with tubercles.

Their outer surfaces are tuberculate; internally they commonly have a radiate fibrous structure.

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