Meanings
adjectiveduodecimarticulate (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyHaving twelve joints.
Cordila. Meig., Latr. Antennæ duodecimarticulate, compressed, clavate.
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
- Latinduodecim
- Englishduodecimarticulate
From Latin duodecim + articulate.
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