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ANCIPITAL

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an⋅cip⋅i⋅tal

  [an-sip-i-tl]
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–adjective Botany, Zoology.
two-edged: ancipital stems.
Origin:
1785–95; < L ancipit- (s. of anceps; an- (see ancile ) + -cipit- comb. form of caput head) + -al 1
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ancipital an·cip·i·tal (ān-sĭp'ĭ-tl) or an·cip·i·tate (-ĭ-tāt') or an·cip·i·tous (-ĭ-təs)
adj.
Of or being two-headed or two-edged.

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