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concamerating

concamerating is the present participle and gerund of concamerate.

Meaning of concamerate

Verb

concamerate (third-person singular simple present concamerates, present participle concamerating, simple past and past participle concamerated)

  1. To arch over; to vault.
    • Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone.1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […]...
  2. To divide into chambers or cells.
    • Of those which have the top formed into a kind of rostrum and crooked , and are not concamerated within1752, John Hill, An History of Animals […]

Questions about concamerating

What is concamerating the present participle and gerund of?
Concamerating is the present participle and gerund of concamerate.

Words near concamerating in the dictionary

  1. conc.
  2. CONCACAF
  3. concamerate
  4. concamerated
  5. concamerates
  6. concamerating
  7. concameration
  8. concamerations
  9. Concan
  10. concanamycin
  11. concanamycins

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