Recent Examples on the WebWhat really stands out to me on this image are the gorgeous lobate lava flows that are continuing to build the island itself.—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2011 Possibly due to shallow moonquakes, visible fault lines called lobate scarps cropped up in some places within the last billion years or so.—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2021 Like many bird species, pigeons accomplish this with microscopic structures called lobate cilia, which ornithologists documented early in the 20th century.—Jim Daley, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin lobātus, from Late Latin lobuslobe + Latin -ātus-ate entry 3
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