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cubital, a.|ˈkjuːbɪtəl|
[ad. L. cubitālis, f. cubitus cubit, elbow.]
1. Of the length of a cubit.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 431 And cubital let make her longitude. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. xi. 207 The towers..being so high, that unto men below they [the watchmen] appeared in a cubitall stature. 1867Ecclesiologist 223 Lines chiselled in cubital letters on its frieze.
2. Anat. Pertaining to the forearm, or the ulna.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Artere, The cubitall arterie, a branch of th' Axillaire. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. (1804) 127 The inferior cubital nerves.
b. Zool. Pertaining to the corresponding part in animals, or to the cubit of an insect's wing.
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 338 Genus Cinips..upper wings with one radial triangular cell, and two or three cubital ones. 1874Coues Birds N.W. 703 Cubital edge of fore-arm rather darker than other upper parts. |