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单词 geniculant
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geniculantadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin geniculant-, geniculans, geniculare.
Etymology: < scientific Latin geniculant-, geniculans (1849 in descriptions of crustaceans in works by J. D. Dana, or earlier; rare), specific use as adjective of the present participle of post-classical Latin geniculare to bend the knee, to kneel (see geniculate adj.); compare -ant suffix1. N.E.D. (1898) gives the pronunciation as (dʒeni·kiŭlănt) /dʒɛˈnɪkjʊlənt/.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
= geniculate adj. 1.
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1853 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II 1131 The right male antenna, though geniculant, is but little different from the others in..number of joints.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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