PEDICULATE


Meaning of PEDICULATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pi-ˈdi-kyə-lət ]

adjective

Etymology: ultimately from Latin pediculus little foot, pedicel

Date: circa 1890

: of or relating to an order (Lophiiformes syn. Pediculati) of marine bony fishes (as a batfish or goosefish) with pectoral fins at the end of an armlike process and part of the dorsal fin modified into a lure

• pediculate noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.