adjective
- shaped like a fiddle or violin; having a broad rounded end, a narrow middle, and another broad rounded end
Usage: botanical and zoological term
Examples
- The pandurate leaves of the plant were distinctive and easy to identify in the field guide.
- Botanists noted the pandurate shape of the flower petals.
- The insect's pandurate body segments gave it an unusual appearance under the microscope.
- A pandurate outline is characteristic of certain species in this genus.