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Cingulate vs Lingulate - What's the difference?

cingulate | lingulate |

As adjectives the difference between cingulate and lingulate

is that cingulate is pertaining to a cingulum while lingulate is in the shape of a tongue.

cingulate

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Pertaining to a cingulum.

    • Synonyms

    * cingular * cingulated

    Derived terms

    * cingulate cortex * cingulate gyrus * cingulate sulcus ----

    lingulate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the shape of a tongue
  • *2002 , David J. Bottjer, Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life , ISBN 0231102542, p. 53.
  • *:The infaunal benthic community was dominated by a number of suspension- or deposit-feeding forms, such as lingulate brachiopods, as well as some primary consumers, such as the priapulid worm Maotianshania'' and the worm-like ''Facivermis .

    • Related terms

    * lingulated