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cultrate

[ kuhl-treyt ]

adjective

  1. sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.


cultrate

/ ˈʌٰɪ /

adjective

  1. shaped like a knife blade

    cultrate leaves

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲ·ܱ·ٰٱ adjective
  • ܲ·ܱ·ٰ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cultrate1

1855–60; < Latin ٰܱٳܲ knife-shaped, equivalent to cultr- (stem of culter ) knife + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cultrate1

C19: from Latin ٰܱٳܲ, from culter knife
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Example Sentences

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Description.—Black, glossed with bronzy and purplish; bill and feet black; bill with the culmen much elevated, compressed and cultrate: whole length 13·0 inches, wing 5·5, tail 7·0.

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Beak convex, cultrate; nostrils covered by recumbent bristly feathers: 19 species.

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Beak cultrate, the tip incurved, not covered with feathers at the base: 6 species.

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Beak cultrate, convex, bareish at the base: 8 species.

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Beak shorter than the head, cultrate, hooked, serrated: 3 species.

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