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Meaning of malleate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈmæl.i.ɪt

Definitions

  1. Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
  2. Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.

Examples

“Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus, Keratella, and Lecane.”
“The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaerti; last whorl finely and closely malleate, with several weak spiral threads.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

malleiform malleoincudal malleolar mallophagous Mallorcan Mallorquin

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