cristate

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cristate

[′kri‚stāt]

(biology)

Having a crista.

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The Central American genus Rhicnoderma (Orthoptera, Romaleidae, Bactrophorinae, Bactrophorini) and some closely related new taxa

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Apices flattened, cristate to irregular, pallid pinkish gray ("tilleul buff;" 7B2).

New species of Lentaria (Fungi: Aphyllophorales): redescription and mating systems of L. surculus and L. byssiseda

Lateral and medial pronotal carinae absent, except in the females of Lempira and Pararhicnoderma, where the median carina is somewhat nodular, or in Cristobalina & Mayalina, where it is cristate and toothed.