cubitus
noun
cubitus is a noun meaning “One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-U-B-I-T-U-S, and it appears about once in every 58 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cubitus is cubiti.
What does cubitus mean?
noun
- 1
archaicThe ulna.
- 2
One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the media and the postcubitus; the vein running along the dorsal edge of the discal cell.
- 3
The elbow, or the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
- 4
The forearm; the arm from the elbow to fingertip, or the corresponding portion of a jointed limb of an animal that uses the limb for locomotion or grasping.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cubitus
- cubiti plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cubitus?
Cubitus appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate cubitus?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of cubitus: Cu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cubitus come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin cubitus. Doublet of cubit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).