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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores;
[syn: catenate, catenulate]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having a chainlike form;
- Example: "catenulate bacterial cell colonies"
[syn: catenulate, chainlike]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Catenulate \Ca*ten"u*late\, a. [L. catenuia, dim. of catena chain.] 1. Consisting of little links or chains. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

catenulate adj 1: having a chainlike form; "catenulate bacterial cell colonies" [syn: catenulate, chainlike] v 1: arrange in a series of rings or chains, as for spores [syn: catenate, catenulate]