Examples of 'spatulate' in a sentence

Meaning of "spatulate"

spatulate (verb) - To shape, arrange, or spread something, especially a soft or malleable substance, into a broad, flat, and typically rounded form resembling a spatula
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  • Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity.
  • Of a leaf: having a broad, flat end and tapering into a narrower base.
  • To treat or mix with a spatula.
  • To incise the end of a pliable cylindrical structure such that the cut end can be splayed apart and flattened

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This species has a large spatulate bill.
The spatulate bill of this species has an important function.
Its bill is longer and more spatulate.
They create a spatulate leaf case.
It has an elongated body and a stretched and spatulate snout.
The function of the spatulate sting is still unknown.
They show a unique combination of a cylindrical body ending in a spatulate tip.
Aerial leaves were flat and spatulate to oblanceolate.
Eosimias sinesis has incisors which are vertical and spatulate.
Available with double spatulate ends or a spatulate and spoon combination.
The fingers and toes have spatulate tips.
With spatulate tail.
They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case.
They create a spatulate leaf case of about 8 mm long.
Parides ascanius has a spatulate tail.

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A second gene determining spatulate leaf tips in Microsteris bigelovii ( AsteraceaeLactuceae ).
Palpi with third joint long and spatulate at extremity.
They create a spatulate leaf case of about 8 mm long when living on Satureja.
The most distinctive feature of this species is its spatulate bill.
Antennae of male with three spatulate hairs on the curved portion.
The tips of the outer fingers are expanded into spatulate discs.
Their shape tends to be slightly spatulate and they have a pinnate venation.
The hands are unwebbed and the outer digits are spatulate.
The standards are erect, narrowly spatulate and can sometimes have hairs.
Conventional retractors are known in this field which have the form of spatulate hooks.
Spatulate the end of the saphenous vein, and I will do the arteriotomy.
The 4 petals are white and spatulate in shape.
Teeth spatulate ( except canine at corner of mouth ).
Their teeth were weak, and shaped like leaves or spoons lanceolate or spatulate.
The aperture has a large scoop-like rostrum and spatulate lappets flanking either side.
They have one or two rows of teeth, which may be conical or spatulate.
Differential geographic distribution of spatulate and pointed leaf shapes in Microseris bigelovii ( Asteraceae, Lactuceae ).
Picture-drawn earthen vessels: line drawing carved on vessels with a spatulate tool.
His hands were spatulate claws, three-fingered.
The calyx has 5 parts, with linear or spatulate segments.
Broad spatulate nose, curly hair, large lips.
Very exciting type … spatulate fingers.
This is non-limiting, and the rear end can also be spatulate.
Far outside eyes, spatulate body, strong armor.
In its first year, this plant produces a rosette of short-stalked, slender, spatulate leaves.
Wherever you see a spatulate tip, you know it 's going to be original.
They are generally zygomorphous and consist of 4 free sepals, 4 spatulate petals, with a nectariferous disc.
The jaws are lined with spatulate ( chisel-like ) teeth suited to an herbivorous diet.
Cradle 24 is a generally curved or arcuate, spatulate shape.
Titanosaurid teeth are usually spatulate ( spoon-shaped ) or shaped like pegs.
Spatulate fingers. One drink, they tear you apart.
They create a laterally compressed spatulate leaf case of about 12 mm.
Spatulate leaves, a marker gene for the evolution of Microseris bigelovii ( Asteraceae - Lactuceae ).
The upper incisors were weakly curved and spatulate ( spoon-shaped ), with clear serrations towards their tips.
Trophonemata are 1.5 cm long, narrower at the base, and spatulate at the tip.

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