[ad. L. fornicāt-us, f. fornix arch, vault: see -ATE1.] = FORNICATED; spec. in Bot., Conchol., and Entom.
1828. Webster, Fornicate, arched, vaulted like an oven or furnace.
1829. Loudon, Encycl. Pl., 1099. Fornicate, arched.
1839. Sowerby, Man. Conchol., Gloss., Fornicate, arched.
1856–8. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 326. Four setæ of haustellum, an upper (labrum) fornicate, emarginate to the extremity.
