- complicant
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adj. [L. cum, with; plicare, to fold]1. Folding or extending over another.2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)The elytron.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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Complicant — Com pli*cant, a. [L. complicans, p. pr.] (Zo[ o]l.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
complicant — kənt adjective Etymology: Latin complicant , complicans, present participle of complicare to fold together : overlapping used of the elytra of certain beetles * * * comˈplicant adjective Overlapping • • • Main Entry: ↑complicate … Useful english dictionary
complicant — com·pli·cant … English syllables
BETRE seu TEMBUL — folii aromatici species celebertima, apud Indos; Salmasio est Folium Romanorum et φύλλον μαλαβάθρου Graecorum, quamvis non pauci Folium Indicum (illud cum folio Betre confundentes) malabathrum Veter. esse censeant, eo quod Tomalabathra hodieque… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
