cubitus
Americannoun
plural
cubiti-
a longitudinal vein in the rear portion of the wing of an insect.
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Anatomy.
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the forearm.
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Now Rare. the ulna.
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Etymology
Origin of cubitus
1820–30; < New Latin, Latin, variant of cubitum cubit
Example Sentences
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Election Lexicon assumes most readers would rather their surgeons knew their gluteal adipose from their cubitus.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2017
Similarly, Mgn00541 corresponds to a described, but unannotated 2.0 kb transcript overlapping the regulatory mutant allele ci57 of cubitus interruptus33.
From Nature • Mar. 15, 2014
Basilar space: Odonata; that area at base of wings, between media and cubitus.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Carpus: the pterostigma of Odonata: the extremity of the radius and cubitus of the primaries: that point in the wings at which they are tratsversely folded.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Instead of coude, m., elbow, we find coute, which is nearer to the Latin cubitus, cubit.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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