appendiculate

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adjective

Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.

OriginLatin appendicis →
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Meanings

adjectiveappendiculate (comparative more appendiculate, superlative most appendiculate)

comparative more appendiculate · superlative most appendiculate

  1. biologyHaving the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
  2. biologyBearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
  3. biologyOf a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.

Origin

  1. Latinappendicis
  2. Englishappendiculate

From appendix + -ule + -ate, from Latin appendicis, genitive of appendix.

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Translations

Finnish ulokkeellinen
  • ulokkeellinenbearing appendages
French appendiculé
  • appendiculébearing appendages
German appendikuliert
  • appendikuliertbearing appendages
Portuguese apendiculado
  • apendiculadobearing appendages
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APA

appendiculate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appendiculate

MLA

“appendiculate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appendiculate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “appendiculate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appendiculate.

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