Having been formed with or possessing small appendages; the past participle form of appendiculate.
Appendiculate + -ed suffix. Variant form emphasizing that something has been made or has become appendiculate through development or process.
Scientists love their -ated endings because they suggest something has undergone a change or process—appendiculated sounds like the organism developed its little appendages, which is often exactly what happened evolutionarily.
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