canaliculateadj.
/ˌkanəˈlɪkjᵿlət/, U.S. /ˌkænəˈlɪkjələt/ Zoology and Botany.
Long and straight with incurved edges, so as to resemble a gutter or channel. Also: having a longitudinal groove or channel; having minute grooves or tubes.Cf. canalled adj. 1, channelled adj. 1b.
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canalled1629
rimosous1656
rimose1676
sulcated1694
rimous1712
sulcous1750
canaliculate1760
sulcate1760
sulciform1822
sulculate1848
sulcal1889
sulcar1900
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. 181 Canaliculate, channelled; when a deep Furrow runs along it, and sinks it almost to a half Cylinder.
1795 A. H. Haworth Observ. Genus Mesembryanthemum ii. 223 Leaves,..canaliculate above, with a convex or rounded keel.
1828 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. xxix. 183 The body..covered by a number of cottony or waxy laminæ which..are all canaliculate.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 446 Tarsus of third pair of legs long, canaliculate.
1879 A. Gray in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) I. Gloss. 401 Canaliculate, channelled, or with a longitudinal groove.
1914 Bryologist 17 19 This sub-Boreal species, recognized by its canaliculate condition throughout..has been widely recorded from our area.
1973 A. d'A. Bellairs & J. F. D. Frazer Smith's Brit. Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 5) vi. 202 To understand the canaliculate fang of the viper, a brief description of the grooved tooth must be given.
1980 T. G. Tutin et al. Flora Europaea V. 39/1 Leaves [of Ornithogalum umbellatum]..canaliculate to flat.
2009 Cretaceous Res. 30 540/2 Two canaliculate rudist specimens were newly collected from the Upper Albian of the Great Valley Sequence, northern California.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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