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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having members; especially, having limbs: used chiefly in composition, as big-membered; in heraldry (also membré), used when the limbs are of a different tincture from the body.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having limbs; -- chiefly used in composition.
  • adjective (Her.) Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective chemistry, in combination Having a specified number of members.
  • adjective chemistry, in combination Having limbs.
  • adjective heraldry, of a bird Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number

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member +‎ -ed

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