geniculate

American  

[juh-nik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / dʒəˈnɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Biology.

1. having kneelike joints or bends.

2. bent at a joint like a knee.

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geniculate British  

/ dʒɪˈnɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. biology bent at a sharp angle

   geniculate antennae

2. having a joint or joints capable of bending sharply

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Other Word Forms

• geniculately adverb
• geniculation noun
• subgeniculate adjective

Etymology

Origin of geniculate

1660–70; < Latin geniculātus knotted, equivalent to genicul ( um ) small knee; knot ( gen ( u ) knee + -i- -i- + -culum -cule ¹ ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Elaters simple or branched, often geniculate, more or less heteromorphous, the fibres wanting or indistinct.

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The filament is generally continuous from one end to the other, but in some cases it is bent or jointed, becoming geniculate; at other times, as in the pellitory, it is spiral.

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From this geniculate body a number of neurones extend to the pallial portion of the cerebrum, for in the reptilian brain the pallium is present.

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This grass is an annual with stems ascending from a prostrate or geniculate, rooting branched base, greenish or purplish, glabrous and varying in length from 1 to 2-1/2 feet.

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Scape: the long basal joint of a geniculate antenna in Coleoptera; usually applied to the three basal joints, as in Hymenoptera.

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