annulate

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It is highly contractile and when contracted sometimes assumes an annulate appearance; but as a rule the external surface is smooth.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Cross rings may or may not be present, and the cup is either smooth or annulate.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

P. convex, umb. squamulosely punctate from the umbo, milk-white with densely crowded yellow striae; g. very broad, crowded; s. stuffed, thin, obsoletely annulate below middle. transilvanica, Schulz.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Ringed, surrounded as with a ring, annulose, annulate: wearing a wedding-ring.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

The longitudinal type characterises such genera as Vibrio, Filaria, Gordius, and all the annulate animals.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell