sagittatedadj.
/ˈsadʒɪteɪtɪd/ Botany and Zoology.
= sagittate adj.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > pointed, tapering, or elongated
ensiform?1541
acuminate1634
aculeated1657
lanceolated1752
sagittated1752
subacute1752
subulated1752
linear1753
subulate1757
spinous1758
lanceolate1760
sagittate1760
sublinear1761
obverse1776
lanced1787
long-acuminate1804
subuliform1804
lanceolar1810
acuminous1813
virgate1821
spiny1828
apiculate1830
ensate1830
aciculate1831
spiniform1833
fibriform1846
obcuneate1870
fusiform1887
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 403 The tongue [of Cuculus] is entire and of a sagittated figure.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf.
1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 526 Sagittated Snake... Brown Snake, with whitish sagittated dorsal spots edged with black.
1836 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 524/2 In the Sagittated Calamary this important cartilage consists of three portions.
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adj.1752