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单词 multilobate
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multilobateadj.

Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈləʊbeɪt/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈloʊˌbeɪt/; see also multi- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: multi- comb. form, lobate adj.
Etymology: < multi- comb. form + lobate adj., after French multilobé and Latin multilobatus, both in the passage translated in quot. 1831. Compare earlier bilobate adj., quadrilobate adj. at quadri- comb. form 1, quinquelobate adj. at quinque- comb. form , trilobate adj.
Chiefly Biology and Medicine.
Having or consisting of several or many lobes. Cf. multilobar adj. 1, multilobed adj.
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1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. 129 [Leaves are] multilobate; when the divisions are broader and separated by obtuse sinuses.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 81 The cells with multilobate nucleus.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 120 (caption) Numerous small lakes in the multilobate terminal part of the delta.
1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) vii. 168/1 A head..increases the area of muscle attachment and may be variously crenulated, forked, multilobate or comb-like.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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