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elongately en · ADV

Etymology

From elongate + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (uncommon) In an elongate way.
    • Conscutum ±2.54 mm long by ±1.61 mm wide, reddish-brown, elongately ovate, widest at level of coxae IV; in engorged specimens body wall expands laterally and posterolaterally, a short broadly rounded posterior process may be present. 2018, Ivan G. Horak, Heloise Heyne, Roy Williams, G. James Gallivan, Arthur M. Spickett, J. Dürr Bezuidenhout, Agustín Estrada-Peña, The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa, Springer, →ISBN, page 465:
    • The shell is moderately large, elongately conical, with an elevated spire and an obtuse apex. 1949, Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum [India]: Natural history section:
    • Kimberley Spear-heads. Pig. 1. Elongately-lanceolatc, angular on one face, with remains of gum-mounting at base. Fig. 2. Elongately-lanceolatc, glass, with a more decided angularity. 1892, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales:

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