Etymology
Origin of jointless
Example Sentences
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You would assume she was a plant, there to make plain the links between the emphatic thwack of the sabar and the jointless human body, but the band seem genuinely surprised to see her.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011
Every alternate square was covered by what seemed a jointless metal plate.
From The Red Hell of Jupiter by Paul Ernst
Their hands were so stiff that the fingers were jointless.
From Man Size by William MacLeod Raine
Immediately below each eye springs out a long, jointless, boneless, tentacular arm; an arm which at its extremity divides into eight delicate and sensitive, but very strong, fingers.
From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
The frond in all of them is jointless.
From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Peter Gray
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