1. flattened; spread out.
Origin
1840-50; <
Latin explānātus, past participle of
explānāre to
explain; see
-ate1 Examples from the web for explanate
- Pronotum wide, narrowly explanate laterally, without any impressions or furrows.
- Pronotum wide and short, broadly explanate laterally, without any impressions.
- Pronotum subquadrate, widely explanate laterally, with basal transverse and longitudinal impressions.
- Elytra broadly oval, broadly explanate laterally, with well developed humeral calli.
- Pronotum more or less flat, narrowly explanate laterally, without any impressions.
- Pronotum convex with narrowly explanate lateral margin, without any impressions or furrows.
- Pronotum wide, short and convex, lateral margin narrowly explanate.
- Pronotum wide, flat widely explanate laterally, without any impressions basally.
- Pronotum without basal transverse or longitudinal impressions, narrowly explanate laterally.
- Pronotum wide and short, lateral margin narrowly explanate.