echinulate

echinulate
Prickly or spinous. Covered with small spines. SYN: echinate. [Mod. L. echinulus, dim. of L. echinus, hedgehog]

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echi·nu·late i-'kin-yə-lət, -'kīn-, -.lāt adj
1) set with small spines or prickles <\echinulate spores>
2) having a jagged outline with pointed outgrowths <an \echinulate culture of bacteria>
echi·nu·la·tion -.kin-yə-'lā-shən, -.kīn- n

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echin·u·late (e-kinґu-lāt) [L. echinus hedgehog] having small prickles or spines; applied in bacteriology to cultures showing toothed or pointed outgrowths.

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  • echinulate — adjective Having small spines or similar projections …   Wiktionary

  • echinulate — echin·u·late …   English syllables

  • echinulate —   a. having small spines.    ♦ echinuliform, a. like small spines …   Dictionary of difficult words

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  • echinate — SYN: echinulate. * * * ech·i·nate (ekґĭ nāt) echinulate …   Medical dictionary

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  • Echinated — Echinate Ech i*nate, Echinated Ech i*na ted, a. [L. echinatus. See {Echinus}.] Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp. Syn: echinulate. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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