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duplicature

duplicature noun: a doubling; a fold, especially of a membrane.

Noun

duplicature (plural duplicatures)

  1. (archaic) A doubling; a fold, especially of a membrane.
    • The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its more complex hingement, lack of a distinct contact groove, exaggerated domiciliar...1978, Philip D. Gingerich, New Condylarthra (Mammalia) from the Paleocene and Early Eocene of North America, page 289

Forms of duplicature

pluralduplicatures

Origin of duplicature

Compare French duplicature.

Questions about duplicature

What does duplicature mean?
Duplicature means a doubling; a fold, especially of a membrane.
What part of speech is duplicature?
Duplicature is a noun.
What is the plural of duplicature?
The plural of duplicature is duplicatures.

Words near duplicature in the dictionary

  1. duplicative
  2. duplicatively
  3. duplicato-
  4. duplicator
  5. duplicators
  6. duplicature
  7. duplicatures
  8. duplices
  9. duplicial
  10. duplicidentate
  11. duplicit

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