biarticulate

[ bahy-ahr-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

, Zoology.

1. having two joints, as the antennae of certain insects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of biarticulate¹

First recorded in 1810–20; bi- ¹ + articulate

Example Sentences

He failed to find any trace of the mandibles, but Le Conte described them as small, flat, subquadrate, with the inner side deeply crenulate, and resembling those of Corylophus; the stipes well developed, and biarticulate.

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