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Definition of Jointed

1. Adjective. Having joints or jointed segments.

Definition of Jointed

1. a. Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure.

Definition of Jointed

1. Adjective. Having joints. ¹

2. Verb. (past of joint) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jointed

1. joint [v] - See also: joint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jointed

Literary usage of Jointed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"Tarsi two-jointed, generally with two terminal hooka, or simply vesicular; an trim.т ten or eleven-jointed, longer than the head; body soft. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Abdomen of the female 4- or 3-jointed. Furca at least two and a half times; ... First antenna 20- to 22-jointed. Terminal section of the grasping antenna of ..."

3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1887)
"Antennas 11-12-jointed, with the club more than 2-jointed, or without dis- 7.—First submarginal cell divided by an abbreviated longitudinal nervure: frontal ..."

4. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1899)
"Claws simple ; grooved line behind the eyes curved and not quite extending to the eyes ; maxillary palpi 6-jointed, labials 4-jointed ; first ventral ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"ima- 11-jointed 1!) 19. Tarsi deeply bilobed, maxillary palpi ... palpi distant at base, maxillary palpi elongate ; antennas 6-9 jointed, side pieces of ..."

6. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"Tarsi 4-jointed; antennae $ verticillate-pilose; subcostal nerve short, clubbed. ... Antennae J 13-jointed, <j> 11-jointed, with an inarticulate club; ..."

7. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Outer branch of the first leg 3-jointed, almost twice as long as the ... First antennae 5 to 7-jointed; first pair of legs scarcely smaller than the others ..."

8. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"The four-jointed ... are said to be "four-jointed, but without a well marked elbow, and with a short terminal segment, offering the ..."

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