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pediculate

pediculate adjective: provided with a pedicel.

Adjective

pediculate (not comparable)

  1. Provided with a pedicel.
  2. (obsolete) Of or relating to the Pediculati, an order of fish now classified as Lophiiformes.

Noun

pediculate (plural pediculates)

  1. (obsolete) Any member of order Pediculati, now Lophiiformes; an anglerfish

Verb

pediculate (third-person singular simple present pediculates, present participle pediculating, simple past and past participle pediculated)

  1. (intransitive) To grow, develop, or form a stalk or pedicle; specifically, the action of a cervid's frontal bone expanding to form permanent antler bases.
    • The young buck began to pediculate as its testosterone levels surged during puberty.

Forms of pediculate

Noun
pluralpediculates
Verb
third-person singular presentpediculates
present participlepediculating
past participlepediculated
pastpediculated

Words that rhyme with pediculate

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Questions about pediculate

What does pediculate mean?
Pediculate means provided with a pedicel.
What part of speech is pediculate?
Pediculate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near pediculate in the dictionary

  1. pedicled
  2. pedicles
  3. pedicular
  4. pediculariid
  5. pediculariids
  6. pediculate
  7. pediculated
  8. pediculates
  9. pediculating
  10. pediculation
  11. pedicule

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