multarˈticulate, a. Zool. rare.
[See multi-; cf. multi-articulate.]
Many-jointed.
| 1681 Grew Musæum i. 144 The Multarticulate Oyster with a bended Base. 1778 Da Costa Brit. Conchol. 168 Those [bivalves] that have the hinge set with numerous teeth, or are multarticulate. 1822 Trans. Geol. Soc. Ser. ii. I. 122 Its small nostrils and multarticulate paddles. |