membranous labyrinth

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Origin of membranous labyrinth

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby membranous labyrinth

membrane, membrane bone, membrane transport, membranophone, membranous, membranous labyrinth, meme, me-media, memeify, Memel, memento

How to use membranous labyrinth in a sentence

As Fox explains in Making Time, a labyrinth of aging pipelines and forgotten wells crisscrosses the city.
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was a ponderous labyrinth of bolts, locks, and steel doors, making it an almost impregnable fortress.
The High Society Bank Robber of the 1800s|J. North Conway|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As Margalit Fox says at the outset of The Riddle of the Labyrinth, the story of Linear B is well known.
Who Actually Cracked Linear B, the Ancient Code of the Mysterious Knossos Labyrinth?|Malcolm Jones|May 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This is wishful thinking: a plunge into the labyrinth with no thread to lead them back out.
After the Queen’s Jubilee, a Sobering Summer|Christopher Dickey|June 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

As it has come down to us “on the borders of pottery and textiles, the meander resembles a maze or labyrinth.”
This Week’s Hot Reads: April 9, 2012|Nicholas Mancusi, Malcolm Jones|April 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Here opens up, very evidently, a perfect labyrinth of complexity.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
But it was the labyrinth for which the earlier economist held, so he thought, the thread.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
What thread shall guide us in this labyrinth of conjectures and contradictions from the very first verse to the very last?
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
I took in the situation almost at a glance—membranous croup!
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
You will not wonder that I lose time and catch at every hope, rather than involve myself in that labyrinth of Chicane and expense.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2)|Edward Gibbon