tendinousadj.
/ˈtɛndɪnəs/ Of the nature of a tendon; consisting of tendons.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > composed of
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1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 931 His head is full of sinewes, his body soft, his tail tendinous.
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. ii. 110 The Elasticity of Tendinous Bodies.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 194 A bivalve shell adherent to marine bodies..by a tendinous cord.
1875 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. (1883) 200 The pectoral region; part..only covered by tendinous tissue.
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