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annulated, ppl. a.|ˈænjʊleɪtɪd| [f. prec. + -ed.] 1. ‘That weareth rings, ringed.’ Blount Glossogr. 2. Furnished with rings; marked with ring-like lines, ridges or grooves.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 122 Crustaceous..having generally eight legs, besides..two or more annulated horns or feelers. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Gazella, The Gazella Indica..with very long horns, which are annulated only in that part near the head. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 202 His tail annulated with alternate rings of black and brown. 1854Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 242 Its cell, the interior of which is often annulated with furrows. b. Her. Having a ring or annulet. annulated cross, one having its extremities ending in annulets. 3. Composed of rings; consisting of a series of ring-like segments united so as to form a tube.
1748Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 3 (Jod.) The enchelis with an annulated body small at each end. 1860Hartwig Sea xii. 216 The Annelides, or annulated worms. 1860Samuelson Honey Bee ii. 11 [An insect] possesses six annulated legs. b. annulated column in Arch.: ‘Slender shafts clustered together or joined by bands of stone, sometimes of metal, to a central pier or to a jamb.’ Gwilt 1842. |