lobate adj 1: having or resembling a lobe or lobes; "a lobate tongue" [syn: {lobate}, {lobated}] 2: having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other [syn: {lobed}, {lobate}]
Lobate \Lo"bate\, Lobated \Lo"ba*ted\, a. [See {Lobe}.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (a) Having lobes; -- said of the tails of certain fishes having the integument continued to the bases of the fin rays. (b) Furnished with membranous flaps, as the toes of a coot. See Illust. (m) under {Aves}. [1913 Webster]