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Undulatory

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un·du·late  (nj-lt, ndy-, -d-)
v. un·du·lat·ed, un·du·lat·ing, un·du·lates
v.tr.
1. To cause to move in a smooth wavelike motion.
2. To give a wavelike appearance or form to.
v.intr.
1. To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion. See Synonyms at swing.
2. To have a wavelike appearance or form.
3. To increase and decrease in volume or pitch as if in waves.
adj. (-lt, -lt)
Having a wavy outline or appearance: leaves with undulate margins.

[From Late Latin undula, small wave, diminutive of Latin unda, wave; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots.]

undu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.
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undulate
undulate leaf
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Adj.1.undulatory - resembling waves in form or outline or motion

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Cobwebs were in the angles of the walls and depended from the ceiling like strips of rotting lace, making undulatory movements in the disturbed air.
She trilled along, and trilled along, and presently a handsome young page, clothed like the rainbow, and as easy and undulatory of movement as a wave, came with something on a golden salver, and, kneeling to present it to her, overdid his graces and lost his balance, and so fell lightly against her knee.
Their flight is undulatory, for the weight of the head and bill appears too great for the body.
 
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