quadriarticulate

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English

Etymology

From quadri- +‎ articulate.

Adjective

quadriarticulate (not comparable)

  1. (entomology) Having four joints.
    • 1856, William Clark, transl., Handbook of Zoology, volume 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, translation of original by Jan van der Hoeven, page 342:
      Palps incurved, quadriarticulate.