duplicature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of duplicature
From the New Latin word duplicātūra, dating back to 1680–90. See duplicate, -ure
Example Sentences
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Both pairs are composed of a duplicature of the integument, or investing membrane, and are strengthened in various directions by a system of hollow, horny tubes, known to entomologists as the neurae or nervures.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
And to this likewise should be ascribed the beauty of the duplicature in the perfect tense of the Greek verbs, and of some Latin ones, as tango tetegi, mordeo momordi.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
The hymen consists of a thin duplicature of mucous membrane strengthened by fibrous tissue, and is stretched across the posterior part of the vaginal orifice, which it partly occludes.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
In other cases, a duplicature of limbs are caused by the superabundance of this original nutritive fluid, as in the double yolks of eggs, and the chickens from them with four legs and four wings.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
A duplicature of the peritoneum covering the small intestine, which occupies the middle or center of the abdominal cavity.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
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