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  • adjective Having multiple joints.

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ jointed

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Examples

  • The large horses with the multijointed legs bucked and bridled as they were coaxed along the rocky path toward their meeting with the gars.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • The large horses with the multijointed legs bucked and bridled as they were coaxed along the rocky path toward their meeting with the gars.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • The Kick Tail is one such, a multijointed, minnow-style crankbait.

    50 Great Lures by Field & Stream's John Merwin 2007

  • The large horses with the multijointed legs bucked and bridled as they were coaxed along the rocky path toward their meeting with the gars.

    The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009

  • Like ethereal ink, faint lines of lambent bright blue trailed the tips of her shiny, green-blue, multijointed fingers.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Like ethereal ink, faint lines of lambent bright blue trailed the tips of her shiny, green-blue, multijointed fingers.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Like ethereal ink, faint lines of lambent bright blue trailed the tips of her shiny, green-blue, multijointed fingers.

    Running From The Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • Like ethereal ink, faint lines of lambent bright blue trailed the tips of her shiny, green-blue, multijointed fingers.

    Running from the Deity Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2005

  • They seemed to unfold as they descended, rapidly gathering themselves upon slender, bipedal legs until several dozen spindly, multijointed humanoids finally stepped onto the concrete apron.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • Suction pads on the ends of their feet allowed them to find a purchase on virtually any surface, while their six multijointed limbs gave them great flexibility.

    Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

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