intermusculated

English[edit]

intermusculated (not comparable)

Located at intervals between the muscles.
- 1988, Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, page 12:
  ...the abdomen is concave ventrally, and the ovipositor is longer, consisting of 4 or more well intermusculated segments.
- 1992, Lynn Siri Kimsey, “Functional Morphology of the Abdomen and Phylogeny of Chrysidid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)”, in Journal of Hymenoptera Research, page 173:
  The internalized, intermusculated segments provide the flexibility needed for oviposition and copulation, while being retractable and therefore not vulnerable to damage by the adult host.