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English
Etymology
From elongate + -ly.
Adverb
elongately
- (uncommon, chiefly biology) In an elongate way.
1892, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales:Kimberley Spear-heads. Pig. 1. Elongately-lanceolatc, angular on one face, with remains of gum-mounting at base. Fig. 2. Elongately-lanceolatc, glass, with a more decided angularity.
1949, Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum : Natural history section:The shell is moderately large, elongately conical, with an elevated spire and an obtuse apex.
2018, Ivan G. Horak, Heloise Heyne, Roy Williams, G. James Gallivan, Arthur M. Spickett, J. Dürr Bezuidenhout, Agustín Estrada-Peña, The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa, Springer, →ISBN, page 465:Conscutum ±2.54 mm long by ±1.61 mm wide, reddish-brown, elongately ovate, widest at level of coxae IV; in engorged specimens body wall expands laterally and posterolaterally, a short broadly rounded posterior process may be present.
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