Genual

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee. not-comparable

    "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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"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."

Etymology

PIE word *ǵónu From New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū (“knee”).

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