combining form of mod.L. tūberculātus TUBERCULATE, used in Nat. Hist. prefixed to adjs., expressing a form or structure with tuberculations, as tuberculato-gibbous, -nodose, -radiate, -spinous.
1822. J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 220. Longitudinal tuberculato-nodose ribs.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 284. Corallum lamello-radiate above, tuberculato-radiate below. Ibid., 495. Lobes short,… often tuberculato-gibbous. Ibid. (1852), Crust., I. 88. Carapax … sparsely tuberculato-spinous.
