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catenulate

catenulate adjective: in the form of a chain of linked parts.

Adjective

catenulate (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a chain of linked parts

Verb

catenulate (third-person singular simple present catenulates, present participle catenulating, simple past and past participle catenulated)

  1. To form into a chain

Forms of catenulate

third-person singular presentcatenulates
present participlecatenulating
past participlecatenulated
pastcatenulated

Origin of catenulate

From Latin catenula (“small chain”) + -ate.

Questions about catenulate

What does catenulate mean?
Catenulate means in the form of a chain of linked parts.
What part of speech is catenulate?
Catenulate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near catenulate in the dictionary

  1. catenoid
  2. catenoidal
  3. catenoids
  4. catenotaeniid
  5. catenotaeniids
  6. catenulate
  7. catenulated
  8. catenulately
  9. catenulates
  10. catenulating
  11. catenulid

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