musculatedadj.
/ˈmʌskjᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈməskjəˌleɪdᵻd/ rare before 20th cent.
Composed of muscle; provided with muscles.
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1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Musculated, having or consisting of muscles.
1773 J. R. Forster Resol. Jrnl. 7 Oct. (1982) III. 389 Their bodies [sc. Tongans'] are..more musculated..than those at Otahaitee.
1957 Pop. Sci. 85 237 Insects passed directly from an aquatic existence to an aerial one and used as organs of flight the musculated, flaplike respiratory structures, similar to those seen in the aquatic nymphs of present-day May flies.
1987 Paleobiology 13 48 The waist [of the wasp] has..been reduced to a relatively thin, largely musculated portion that increases the mobility of the gaster.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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