In fish, it is usually located below the gills and is not always divided into distinct lobes.

Each stigma of the flower has three distinct lobes, and the ovaries are superior, with three chambers.

There is a curtain of skin between the nares, with its posterior margin forming two distinct lobes.

The oral shield is rhombic sometimes with a distinct distal lobe.

The oral shield is rounded with a distinct distal lobe.

The lower pinnae have a distinct lobe or auricle pointing toward the blade tip.

The caudal fin is well-developed and almost elliptical, without a distinct lower lobe.

Birds have relatively large, elongated kidneys, each of which is divided into three or more distinct lobes.

T. avitinquilinus has each side of the body is segmented into fourteen distinct lobes.

Some sources define the lingula as a distinct lobe.