malleate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (adjective) (British, America) IPA: /ˈmæl.i.ɪt/, /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
- (verb) (British, America) IPA: /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
malleate
- (zoology) Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
- 2009, James H. Thorp & Alan P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd ed., page 181
- Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus, Keratella, and Lecane.
- 2009, James H. Thorp & Alan P. Covich (eds.), Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd ed., page 181
- (malacology, of a shell) Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
- 1919, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, "A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 40: 313
- The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaerti; last whorl finely and closely malleate, with several weak spiral threads.
- 1919, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, "A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 40: 313
malleate (malleates, present participle malleating; past and past participle malleated)
- (rare) To beat into shape with a hammer.
- 1878, James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature, page 12
- Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates, melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.
- 1878, James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature, page 12
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