Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
petiolate .
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- adjective botany, zoology Having a
petiole
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Examples
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This species is remarkable in the size and shape of its petiolated leaves.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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This species also belongs to the division Liacos; the petiolated cell is small and oblong-quadrate; the male exactly resembles the female, except that its head is smaller and narrower than the thorax; the abdomen is rather more strongly punctured.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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This species belongs to Guérin's division Liacos, of which _S. dimidiata_ is the type; the third discoidal cell is petiolated, the petiole entering the second submarginal about the middle.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen petiolated; the apical margins of the segments with reddish-yellow fasciæ; beneath, the margins of the segments are rufo-piceous, not fasciated.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, with the apex and the margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen petiolated, smooth and shining, with a beautiful glossy pile, which is most dense at the sides; the apical segment longitudinally subcarinated in the middle above.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen petiolated, the petiole as long as the abdomen; the ovipositor as long as the petiole and abdomen united.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen: the basal petiolated segment ferruginous, with its apical half black above; the apical segment with an angular shape at its base, which is smooth and shining, with its lateral margins carinate, the extreme apex ferruginous; beneath smooth and shining, with the apical margins rufo-piceous.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen petiolated; a fascia on the apical margins of all the segments, and the petiole, yellow; the third and following fasciæ narrowest; all the fasciæ continued beneath the abdomen.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen, the second, third, and base of the fourth segment more or less ferruginous; the apex of the basal petiolated joint ferruginous beneath.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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