genual

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PIE word
*ǵónu

From New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū (knee).

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genual (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.
    • 1996, E.E. Linquist, Eriophyoid Mites: Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control, page 23:
      The phyllocoptine species Paraciota tetracanthae Mohanasundaram (1984) exemplifies a minimal number of leg setae in lacking all but the genual seta of leg I and the tarsal setae of both legs.

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