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sedecimarticulate

sedecimarticulate adjective: having sixteen joints.

Adjective

sedecimarticulate (not comparable)

  1. Having sixteen joints.
    • Mycetophila. Meig. Antennæ porrect, cylindrical, sedecimarticulate.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

Origin of sedecimarticulate

From Latin sedecim + articulate.

Questions about sedecimarticulate

What does sedecimarticulate mean?
Sedecimarticulate means having sixteen joints.
What part of speech is sedecimarticulate?
Sedecimarticulate is an adjective.

Words near sedecimarticulate in the dictionary

  1. sede vacante
  2. sedecamycin
  3. sedecillion
  4. sedecillions
  5. sedecimal
  6. sedecimarticulate
  7. sedecuple
  8. Sedelsberg
  9. sedenion
  10. sedenionic
  11. sedenions

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