Definition of "lobate" [lo•bate]

• Having lobes; lobed. (adjective)
• Shaped like a lobe. (adjective)
• Having separate toes, each bordered by a weblike lobe. Used of the feet of certain birds. (adjective)

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• "Scientists have identified 14 landforms called lobate scarps scattered over the surface of the moon, explained Thomas R. Watters of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum."
• "Dr. WATTERS: We know because we have used the very high resolution images obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter cameras to look for a specific kind of land form called a lobate scarp."
• "Nor must we forget those water fowls which, instead of palmated feet, have what is called the lobate foot, which means that the digits have broad lobes or flaps on their sides."