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cubitus Ent.|ˈkjuːbɪtəs|
[L.: see cubit.]
†1. Obs. (See quot.)
1826Kirby & Spence Entomol. III. 369 Cubitus, the fourth and elongated joint [in the first pair of legs in Hexapods], answering to the Tibia in the legs.
2. = cubit 1 e. Hence ˈcubital a., cubito-, combining form.
1895J. H. & A. B. Comstock Man. Study Insects iii. 64 The principal veins of the wing—are termed..the costa,..the subcosta,..the cubitus, [etc.]. 1898Amer. Nat. XXXII. 88 The fifth principal vein is the cubitus... Between the cubitus and the anal margin there are typically three veins. Ibid., The two groups of wing-tracheæ thus formed may be designated as the costo-radial group and the cubito-anal group. Ibid. 234 The medio-cubital cross-vein. This is a cross-vein extending from media to cubitus. 1918J. H. Comstock Wings of Insects xxvi. 390 The third and last of the branched veins in flies is the cubitus. 1957Richards & Davies Imms's Textbk. Ent. (ed. 9) i. 45 The cubitus..divides into two main branches, the first cubitus..being convex and the second cubitus..concave. 1964R. M. & J. W. Fox Introd. Compar. Ent. iv. 117 A complete cubital system is present in only a few insects... Posterior to the cubitus is a variable number of veins. |