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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At last she stood naked, her long legs like a jointed wooden doll's, ready for her bath.
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But like all armoured animals they have sacrificed flexibility for security and must now be content with a stiffly jointed existence.
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However, others appear to be made up in regular jointed sections which do not conform to the natural lines of cleavage.
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Such buds containing re-aggregated cells do not develop normally but they can form jointed cartilage elements and sometimes very good-looking digit-like structures.
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The group of jointed animals known as arthropods includes scorpions and spiders, and almost all of these are venomous.