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LOBATELY
Etymology
Adverb
lobately (comparative more lobately, superlative most lobately)
As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.
Anagrams
• oblately
Source: Wiktionary
Lo"bate*ly, adv.
Definition: As a lobe; so as to make a lobe; in a lobate manner.
LOBATE
Lo"bate, Lo"ba*ted, a. Etym: [See Lobe.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Consisting of, or having, lobes; lobed; as, a lobate leaf.
2. (Zoöl.) (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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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