fossulateadj.
/ˈfɒsjᵿlət/, U.S. /ˈfɔs(j)ələt/, /ˈfɑs(j)ələt/ Chiefly Botany and Entomology.
Having, or consisting of, one or more fossulae (chiefly fossula n. 2).Now rare in entomology.
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 270 Fossulate (Fossulata). Having one or more fossulets.
1841 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 297/1 In the kangaroo..there is a large fossulate papilla near the base of the tongue.
1883 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1882–3 20 304 Frontal triangle (♂) swollen, distinctly fossulate.
1945 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 97 225 Lateral and cephalic margins strongly cingulate except over the inflated subbullate meso-sternal lobes, the internal margins of which are deeply fossulate.
1972 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 62 67 Ornamentation [of lycopod spores] ranges from pitted (foveolate)..to a coalescing of the pits into grooves (fossulate).
2005 Rev. Palaeobot. & Palynol. 137 117 (caption) Note basal fusion of ornament forming an irregular reticulate to fossulate pattern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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