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noun
A connecting ridge or projection, especially on a bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
A lobe on the forewing of some moths which interlocks with the hindwing in flight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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noun
One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A pair of opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
Borrowing from Latin jugum (“a yoke, collar; a pair of anything; the summit, ridge”). Doublet of yoke and yuga.
