spatulate
spatulate
Definition
spatu·late (-lit, -lāt′)
adjective
- Bot. spoon-shaped in outline and attached at the narrow end, as some leaves
- Zool. spoon-shaped or spatula-shaped
Etymology: ModL spatulatus
spatulate
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- bill: A very distinctive dabbling duck with a large spatulate bill.
Browse dictionary entries near spatulate
- spatula
- spatterdock
- spatterdash
- spatter
- spatiotemporal
- spatial diversity
- spatial
- spathulate
- spathose
- spathic
