spatulate

/spach-uh-lit, -leyt/US // ˈspætʃ ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //UK // (ˈspætjʊlɪt) //

匙形,匙形的,匙状,吐丝

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : shaped like a spatula; rounded more or less like a spoon.
- : Botany. having a broad, rounded end and a narrow, attenuate base, as a leaf.

Short, spatulate fingers, with a broad palm, appear to be a feature of the successful engineer.
It was a characteristic hand, broad, with spatulate fingernails and a black star on the fleshy ball between forefinger and thumb.
Behold the brands of the true criminal—'enormous zygomae,' 'ear lobes attached to the cheek,' 'spatulate fingernails——'
Every hand artist will be found to have spatulate-fingered hands—in short, muscular hands.
Note the spatulate terminations and the spines of the shaft, 11.