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fossulate

fossulate adjective: having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.

Adjective

fossulate (not comparable)

  1. Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.

Origin of fossulate

From Latin fossula + -ate, from Latin fossa.

Questions about fossulate

What does fossulate mean?
Fossulate means having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.
What part of speech is fossulate?
Fossulate is an adjective.

Words near fossulate in the dictionary

  1. fossorials
  2. fossorious
  3. fossors
  4. fossula
  5. fossulae
  6. fossulate
  7. fossulæ
  8. Fossum
  9. Fossums
  10. fossway
  11. fossways

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