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sulcate

ADJECTIVE
  1. having deep narrow furrows or grooves

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  • bisulcate hoof
  • There occurs in great numbers a species of small Pecten, -- some of the specimens scarce larger than a herring scale; a minute Ostrea, a sulcated Terebratula, an Isocardia, a Pullastra, and groups of broken serpulæ in vast abundance. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland
  • [ARCA LIENOSA] lines of growth distinct, giving a striate appearance; the ligament area is marked by strong lines diverging from beneath the umbo; umbones distant; inside margin strongly sulcate or ribbed. Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds
  • It is deeply striate or grooved (sulcate) on the margin. Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
  • Dytiscus, have females of two forms, the most common having the elytra deeply sulcate, the rarer smooth as in the males. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays
  • Another white plant is = A. volvata = Pk., which has elliptical spores, and is striate on the margin instead of sulcate. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
  • The horns of the male are sub-triangular, much compressed laterally and posteriorly; in fact one may say concave at the sides, that is, from the base of the horn to about one half; transversely sulcated; curving outwards, and returning inward towards the face; points convergent. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • Hodgsonii_, but it differs in its much smaller size, in its deeply sulcated horns, the angles of which are very much rounded, and the terminal curve but slightly developed. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
  • Palehomola gorrelli exhibits a downturned, sulcate, triangular central rostral spine and two lateral rostral spines.
  • The term pectinate sulcate is employed on account of a series of small elevations on the ridges, giving them a pectinate, or comb-like, appearance. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
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