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lati-|leɪtɪ, lætɪ| combining form of L. lātus broad, as latiˈcostate a. Zool. [costate], having broad ribs (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855; and in later Dicts.). latiˈdentate a. Zool. [dentate], having broad teeth (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855; and in later Dicts.). latiˈfoliate a. Bot. [foliate] = next (Ogilvie Suppl. 1855; and in recent Dicts.). latiˈfolious a. [f. L. lātifoli-us (f. lātus broad + folium leaf) + -ous], having broad leaves. latiˈpennate a. Ornith. [pennate], having broad wings (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855); so latiˈpennine a. (in recent Dicts.). † latiˈrostrous a. Ornith. [L. rostr-um beak + -ous], having a broad beak; so latiˈrostral, latiˈrostrate adjs. (in recent Dicts.). ˈlatisept a. Bot. [septum], having a broad septum. latiˈseptate a. Bot. = latisept adj. latiˈsternal a. [sternum], having a broad breast-bone.
1656Blount Glossogr., *Latifolious. 1797Encycl. Brit. IX. 581/1 The latifolious, or everlasting pea.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv. 172 Yet have they a knowne and open disadvantage from an other, which is not common unto any singing bird wee know, that is a flat bill: For no *Latirostrous animal..were ever commended for their note. 1650Ibid. v. i. 234 Latirostrous or flat bild birdes.
1877A. W. Bennett tr. Thomé's Bot. 413 The silicula is said to be angustisept..or *latisept.
1959A. R. Clapham et al. Excursion Flora Brit. Isles 555 *Latiseptate. Of a fr[uit] with the septum across the widest diameter.
1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) XII. 324 They [anthropoid apes] have a sternum, and are therefore sometimes called *latisternal apes. |