Duplicature

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  • n. A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A doubling; a fold or folding; a duplication: as, a duplicature of the peritoneum.
    • Word Usage
    "The female, selecting some leaf of an aquatic plant, sits as it were upon its edge, and folding it by means of her two hind feet, deposits a single egg in the duplicature of the folded part of the leaf, which is thereby glued most securely together, and the egg is thus effectually protected from injury."
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    Words with the same meaning
    doubling   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    detaching    ill-featured    profuseness    truncation    tirelessness   
     
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