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spatulose

spatulose is the alternative form of spatulous.

Meaning of spatulous

Adjective

spatulous (comparative more spatulous, superlative most spatulous)

  1. Resembling a spatula in shape; having a round, flat tip.
    • [T]he ſhell of teredo is diſtinguiſhed as being tubular, cylindrical, and open at both ends, lower orifice furniſhed with two lozenge-ſhaped valves, and the upper with two ſpatulous opercules.1819, Abraham Rees, “CONCHOLOGY”, in The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. [...] In Thirty-nine Volumes, volume IX, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees...

Forms of spatulose

comparativemore spatulose
superlativemost spatulose

Questions about spatulose

What is spatulose the alternative form of?
Spatulose is the alternative form of spatulous.

Words near spatulose in the dictionary

  1. spatuletail
  2. spatuletails
  3. spatuliform
  4. spatuloid
  5. spatulomancy
  6. spatulose
  7. spatulous
  8. spatulæ
  9. spatzle
  10. spatzles
  11. spaug

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spatulose (page history and authors); spatulous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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