malleate
See also: maleate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin malleātus, perfect passive participle of *malleō (“beat with a hammer”), related to malleus (“a hammer, mallet”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
malleate (comparative more malleate, superlative most 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
Translations
(zoology) possessing or resembling a malleus
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(malacology) having a surface with shallow round indentations
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Verb
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- (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
Translations
to beat into shape with a hammer
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See also
Related terms
Further reading
- “malleate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “malleate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “malleate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) malleāte