Meanings
adjectivesedecimarticulate (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyHaving 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
- Latinsedecim
- Englishsedecimarticulate
From Latin sedecim + articulate.
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