incrassate

The hind femur of this adult male twig wilter bug is powerfully incrassate, and is armed with a triangular spike.

Meanings

Verb

Adjective

  • Made thick or thicker; swelled out at some particular part, like the antennae of certain insects.

Origin

  • From the participle stem of Latin incrassare, from in- + crassare ‘make thick’, from crassus.

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