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geniculate

[ juh-nik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

Biology.
  1. having kneelike joints or bends.
  2. bent at a joint like a knee.


geniculate

/ dʒɪˈnɪkjʊlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. biology bent at a sharp angle

    geniculate antennae

  2. having a joint or joints capable of bending sharply
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԾܱٱ, adverb
  • ˌԾˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·Ծu·ٱ· adverb
  • ܲg·Ծu·ٱ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of geniculate1

1660–70; < Latin Ծܱٳܲ knotted, equivalent to genicul ( um ) small knee; knot ( gen ( u ) knee + -i- -i- + -culum -cule 1 ) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of geniculate1

C17: from Latin Ծܱٳܲ jointed, from geniculum a little knee, small joint, from genu knee
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Example Sentences

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Elaters simple or branched, often geniculate, more or less heteromorphous, the fibres wanting or indistinct.

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The filament is generally continuous from one end to the other, but in some cases it is bent or jointed, becoming geniculate; at other times, as in the pellitory, it is spiral.

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From this geniculate body a number of neurones extend to the pallial portion of the cerebrum, for in the reptilian brain the pallium is present.

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This grass is an annual with stems ascending from a prostrate or geniculate, rooting branched base, greenish or purplish, glabrous and varying in length from 1 to 2-1/2 feet.

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Scape: the long basal joint of a geniculate antenna in Coleoptera; usually applied to the three basal joints, as in Hymenoptera.

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