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intermusculated

intermusculated adjective: located at intervals between the muscles.

Adjective

intermusculated (not comparable)

  1. Located at intervals between the muscles.
    • ...the abdomen is concave ventrally, and the ovipositor is longer, consisting of 4 or more well intermusculated segments.1988, Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, page 12
    • The internalized, intermusculated segments provide the flexibility needed for oviposition and copulation, while being retractable and therefore not vulnerable to damage by the adult host.1992, Lynn Siri Kimsey, “Functional Morphology of the Abdomen and Phylogeny of Chrysidid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)”, in Journal of Hymenoptera Research, page 173

Origin of intermusculated

From inter- + musculated.

Questions about intermusculated

What does intermusculated mean?
Intermusculated means located at intervals between the muscles.
What part of speech is intermusculated?
Intermusculated is an adjective.

Words near intermusculated in the dictionary

  1. intermures
  2. intermuring
  3. intermuscle
  4. intermuscular
  5. intermuscularly
  6. intermusculated
  7. intermutant
  8. intermutants
  9. intermutation
  10. intermutational
  11. intermutations

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