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cristate

cristate adjective: having a crest; crested.

Adjective

cristate (comparative more cristate, superlative most cristate)

  1. Having a crest; crested.
    • Median carina strongly cristate on the prozone and on the metazone and with one deep transverse incision so that the prozone is only about one-third the length of the metazone, the incision inclined anterio-ventrad.1924, William Williams Henderson, A Taxonomic and Ecological Study of the Species of the Subfamily Oedipodinae (Orthoptera-Acrididae) Found in Utah, page 53

cristate meaning in Tamil

cristate in Tamil

தலைச்சூட்டினையுடைய

Forms of cristate

comparativemore cristate
superlativemost cristate

Origin of cristate

First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin cristātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from cristate

Questions about cristate

What does cristate mean?
Cristate means having a crest; crested.
What is cristate in Tamil?
Cristate in Tamil is தலைச்சூட்டினையுடைய. See Cristate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cristate?
Cristate is an adjective.

Words near cristate in the dictionary

  1. cristall
  2. cristalls
  3. cristals
  4. cristamonad
  5. cristarque
  6. cristate
  7. cristated
  8. Cristero
  9. Cristeros
  10. Cristescu
  11. Cristești

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