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Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.

To cut the throat of. [R.] Jacob Bigelow.

See Ligule.

Composed of ligules. Ligulate flower, a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.

Any one of numerous species of brachiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.…

Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

To regulate wrongly or imperfectly; to fail to regulate.

Having many angles. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ly, adv. -- Mul*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

Having many hoofs.

See Obstuseangular.

Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.

Having eight angles; eight-angled. -- Oc*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

Having five corners or angles. [R.]

Having four angles, and consequently four sides; tetragonal. -- Quad*ran"gu*lar*ly, adv.

Having five angles or corners.

Right-angled; having one or more angles of ninety degrees. -- Rec*tan"gu*lar*ly (r, adv. -- Rec*tan"gu*lar*ness, n.

The quality or condition of being rectangular, or right-angled.

Capable of being regulated. [R.]

law, principle, or type, or to established customary forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry; a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice of law or medicine; a regular building.

A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.