单词 | multi-articulate |
释义 | multi-articulateadj. Zoology and Medicine. Having many joints or articulations; = multi-articulated adj.; cf. multarticulate adj. Also: = multi-articular adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [adjective] > having many joints multarticulate1681 multi-articulate1819 multi-articulated1840 polygonate1864 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of head > having antennae > multi-articulate multi-articulate1819 multi-articulated1840 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 99 Legs bifid, the last joint of the four anterior pairs..uniarticulate..; of the other pairs of legs multiarticulate. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 78 The termination of the multi-articulate antennae in a filament, not in a club. 1947 A. D. Imms Outl. Entomol. (ed. 3) iv. 102 The multi-articulate antennae, provided with segmental muscles, separate the order from all other insects. 1989 Brain 112 998 Motor actions that..involve sequences of well-learned multiarticulate movements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1819 |
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