English

Adjective

conterminal ‎(not comparable)

1. Conterminous.
   • 1831 Thomas Love Peacock, Crotchet Castle Chapter 9:

     The neighbouring lords, his conterminal bandits.

2. (entomology) Connected end to end.
   • 1866 William Edward Shuckard, British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles p. 28:

     The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.

References

• J[ohn] A. Simpson and E[dward] S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 978-0-19-861186-8.

Anagrams

• nonmetrical