emarginate

English

Emarginate gills on a mushroom.

Short-toed Eagle primary feather, showing markedly emarginate outline that creates slots in the flying surface for good control in low-speed flight.

The emarginate primary feathers of the short-toed Eagle are an adaptation for forming wing slots to support low-speed, low energy flight.

Etymology

From Latin emarginare; e- (“out”) + marginare (“to furnish with a margin”), from margo (“margin”).

Adjective

emarginate (comparative more emarginate, superlative most emarginate)

Emarginate leaf tip.

1. (botany, of leaves) Slightly indented at the tip.
2. (botany, mycology) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower before reaching the attachment point.

   In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate.

3. (zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.

   Toxotus ... has the antennae at least as long as the body...; the eyes are entire, or very slightly emarginate.

4. (mineralogy) Having all the edges of the primitive form crossed by a face.

Translations

botany: slightly indented at the tip

• Finnish: lanttopäinen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: emarginado m

Verb

1. (transitive) To take away the margin of.

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Italian

Adjective

emarginate

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective emarginato.

Noun

emarginate f

1. plural of emarginata

Verb

emarginate

1. inflection of emarginare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. emarginare second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eː.mar.ɡiˈnaː.te/, [eːmärɡɪˈnäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.mar.d͡ʒiˈna.te/, [emärd͡ʒiˈnäːt̪e]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ēmargināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēmarginō