Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the pelecypod mollusks, the hinge: a term comprising the whole articulating apparatus, hinge-plate, teeth, and ligament.
- noun A joint; specifically, one of the joints of the stem of a crinoid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
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- noun zoology A
joint of thecirri of theCrinoidea ; ajoint orsegment of anarthropod appendage .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He has been taken to the Antlers, where he lies in articulus mortis, and we wish him to be confronted with Miss Capitola Black, the young woman here present, that he may identify her, whom he accuses of having shot six charges into him, before his death.
The Hidden Hand 1888
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Greek; for the Greek _arthron_ [* Cf. William of Auxerre, Summa Aurea] which the Latin renders "articulus," signifies a fitting together of distinct parts: wherefore the small parts of the body which fit together are called the articulations of the limbs.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Now the Greek arthron, which in Latin is articulus, signifies the putting together of several distinct parts.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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_Palpi_ validi, breves obtusi, oblique ascendentes; articulus tertius minimus.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Antennæ_ parvæ; articulus tertius longiconicus; arista plumosa.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Antennæ_ breves; articulus tertius rotundus; arista apicalis, longa, tenuis, setiformis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Antennæ_ sat longæ; articulus tertius linearis, apice conicus; arista pubescens.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Antennæ_ breves; articulus tertius longiconicus; arista nuda.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Antennæ_ breves; articulus tertius rotundus; arista apicalis, gracilis, setiformis.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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_Antennæ_ epistoma non attingentes; articulus tertius longiusculus, linearis, apice conicus; arista subpubescens.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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