catenulate

2 definitions found

catenulate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catenulate \Ca*ten"u*late\, a. [L. catenuia, dim. of catena
     chain.]
     1. Consisting of little links or chains.
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     2. (Zool.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of
        indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as
        on shells, etc.
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catenulate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catenulate
      adj 1: having a chainlike form; "catenulate bacterial cell
             colonies" [syn: catenulate, chainlike]
      v 1: arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores [syn:
           catenate, catenulate]