a. Nat. Hist. [ad. mod.L. canāliculāt-us, f. canāliculus. In mod.F. canaliculé.] Having a longitudinal groove or hollow; minutely channelled.
1828. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxix. 183. They are all canaliculate.
1852. Dana, Crust., I. 446. Tarsus of third pair of legs long, canaliculate. Ibid., 541. The beak … is canaliculate or longitudinally concave.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-bk., 401. Canalicaulate.… Channelled, or with a longitudinal groove.
