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WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of a leaf shape) having a broad rounded apex and a narrow base
Examples
“They fish by sweeping their spatula-shaped bills from side to side in shallow water.”
Simon & Schuster: The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States
“The yellow powdery substance with which we are all familiar in ordinary flowers is here absent, the pollen being collected in two club-shaped or, more properly, spatula-shaped masses, linked in pairs at their slender prolonged tips, each of which terminates in a sticky disc-shaped appendage united in V-shape below.”
“The spine projects back in a thick mass, and terminates in a spatula-shaped tail, naked and scale-form.”
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
“Other species lacked these structures and in their place, they had a pair of "anal oars" - thicker, harder, spatula-shaped versions of the caterpillar's normal hairs.”
“It takes until May for these to develop fully, but the whorl of caper-coloured, spatula-shaped leaves is an exciting sign of spring.”
“Sauropods couldn't chew, having no back teeth to grind with, so many species are thought to have used small peg or spatula-shaped teeth to rake and slice fern leaves.”
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
“Needles come in all shapes and sizes too: tiny, near-invisible ones are used in microsurgery, blunt ones stitch delicate, easily-damaged tissue such as the liver, and specialist needles that are super-sharp and spatula-shaped have been developed to make eye operations easier to perform.”
“Its common name, copper spoons, is very descriptive, as the top side of the spatula-shaped leaves are felted with fine cinnamon-colored hairs.”
“The birds, with spatula-shaped bills, are shown here on a beach in Thailand, another locale for wintering birds that breed in Siberia.”
“a hollow roll for keeping the upper and under threads separate, a spatula-shaped shuttle of engraved wood, and a roller on which the cloth is rolled as it is made.”
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