Lo"bate (?), Lo"ba*ted (?), a. [See Lobe.]

1. Bot.

Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.

2. Zool. (a)

Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays.

(b)

Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under Aves.

 

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