digitated, a.
(ˈdɪdʒɪteɪtɪd)
[f. L. digitāt-us digitate a. + -ed.]
1. Zool. and Bot. = digitate a.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. vi. 298 Animals multifidous, or such as are digitated or have severall divisions in their feete. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Digitated Leaf, expresses a compound one, formed of a number of simple foliola, placed regularly on a common petiole. 1839–47 Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 95/2 The structure alluded to is a digitated extension of the whole substance of the upper part of the iris. 1840 F. D. Bennett Whaling Voy. II. 146 The bones of the arms coincide with those of digitated quadrupeds. 1845 Darwin Voy. Nat. xviii. (1879) 403 The bread-fruit, conspicuous from its..deeply digitated leaf. |
2. Having divisions for the toes.
| 1882 Times 27 Mar. 6 Digitated stockings for pedestrians. 1882 Standard 19 Sept. 5/1 Digitated socks. |