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Duplicature

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A doubling; a fold, especially of a membrane. archaic

    "The genus Saipanetta has been suggested to be a surviving relict of the metacopidan superfamily Healdiacea because of its muscle scar pattern and narrow duplicature; nevertheless, it differs from the Metacopida in its more complex hingement, lack of a distinct contact groove, exaggerated domiciliar asymmetry, and lack of posterior ridges or angulations."

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Compare French duplicature.

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