cubital

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.

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Meanings

adjectivecubital (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
  2. not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
  3. not comparableMeasured in cubits.
  4. not comparableOf the length of a cubit.

    towers of that city being so high, that unto men below they appeared in a cubital stature

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
nouncubital (plural cubitals)

plural cubitals

  1. biologySynonym of cubitus.

    Second cubital cell irregularly quadrangular, trapezoid, placed in a direct line with the first and third cubitals

    1865, The record of zoological literature

    Synonyms: cubitus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of cubitus.

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Origin

From cubit + -al.

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Translations

Italian cubitale
  • cubitaleof or pertaining to the cubit or ulna
Spanish cubital
  • cubitalof or pertaining to the cubit or ulna
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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