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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lobate \Lo"bate\, Lobated \Lo"ba*ted\, adjective [See {Lobe}.]
1. (Bot.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.
2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under {Aves}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lobate
adjective
1: having or resembling a lobe or lobes; "a lobate tongue" [syn: {lobated}]
2: having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other [syn: {lobed}]
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