multisect

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English

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Etymology

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From multi- + Latin sectus, past participle of secare (“to cut”).

Adjective

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multisect (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Divided into many similar segments; said of an insect or myriapod[1]
  2. formed of numerous sects

References

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  1. ^ “multisect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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