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biarticulate

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[bahy-ahr-tik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ˌbaɪ ɑrˈtɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /
Also biarticulated

adjective

Zoology.

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

Etymology

Origin of biarticulate

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

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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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