- Complicant
- Complicant Com"pli*cant, a. [L. complicans, p. pr.] (Zo["o]l.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles. [1913 Webster]
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Complicant
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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 — adj. [L. cum, with; plicare, to fold] 1. Folding or extending over another. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The elytron … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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
