duodecimarticulate

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin duodecim + articulate.

Adjective[edit]

duodecimarticulate (not comparable)

  1. (entomology) Having twelve joints.
    • 1856, William Clark, transl., Handbook of Zoology, volume 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, translation of original by Jan van der Hoeven, page 342:
      Cordila. Meig., Latr. Antennæ duodecimarticulate, compressed, clavate.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=duodecimarticulate&oldid=75913968"