carinulate

English

Etymology

From carinula +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

carinulate (not comparable)

1. Having the form of a carinula
   • 2015 November 5, “Taxonomic Synopsis of the Ponto-Mediterranean Ants of Temnothorax nylanderi Species-Group”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Main sculpture on head dorsum coarse, longitudinally rugulose and/or carinulate, ground sculpture conspicuously areolate, always dull.

Anagrams

• retinacula, urticalean