a. Nat. Hist. [ad. L. cultrātus, f. culter, cultr- knife, share: see -ATE2.] Formed like a knife or coulter; having a sharp edge like a knife.

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1856–8.  W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 387. Borer almost always occult, included in a bivalve sheath, compressed, cultrate. Ibid., II. 378. Bill moderate, cultrate and compresed.

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