intermusculated

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ musculated.

Adjective

intermusculated (not comparable)

  1. Located at intervals between the muscles.
    • 1988, Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, page 12:
      ...the abdomen is concave ventrally, and the ovipositor is longer, consisting of 4 or more well intermusculated segments.
    • 1992, Lynn Siri Kimsey, “Functional Morphology of the Abdomen and Phylogeny of Chrysidid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)”, in Journal of Hymenoptera Research, page 173:
      The internalized, intermusculated segments provide the flexibility needed for oviposition and copulation, while being retractable and therefore not vulnerable to damage by the adult host.