duplicature
(ˈdjuːplɪkeɪtjʊə(r))
[a. F. duplicature (16th c.), f. L. duplicāt-, ppl. stem of duplicāre to duplicate: see -ure.]
A doubling; a fold. (Chiefly in Anat.)
| 1686 Snape Anat. Horse i. xx. 42 Seeing it is onely a Duplicature of the common coverings of the Body. 1727–51 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Duplication, The Duplicature of the cube. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 203 A duplicature of the skin connects the fore and hinder legs together. 1854 Woodward Mollusca ii. 279 The internal muscular ridges are produced by duplicatures of the shell-wall. |