[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.
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2. (Zool.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of
indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as
on shells, etc.
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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]