peculiar structure

collocation in English

meaningsofpeculiarandstructure

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peculiar
adjective
uk
/pɪˈkjuː.li.ər/us
/pɪˈkjuːl.jɚ/
unusual and strange, sometimes in an ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofpeculiarandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They resemble that genus in thepeculiarstructureof the claws, but the male palpi are so different that they are obviously distinct.
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This hypothesis is supported by itspeculiarstructureand its relatively large size in larvae in comparison to that of adults of the same species.
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While this struck me as being a ratherpeculiarstructure, all referenced software is clearly marked in the index, making navigation simple enough.
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From internal evidence it is a document of ratherpeculiarstructure.
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Among them we must reckon thepeculiarstructureof the industry itself.
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This again may be due to the verypeculiarstructureand high resistivity of nanohorns.
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Theirpeculiarstructureis characterized by a conserved -barrel sterol-binding fold with additional domains that can target multiple organelle membranes.
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Along the sides of the abdomen this species has apeculiarstructurewith orange poaches.
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One special characteristic of natalids is apeculiarstructureon the face or muzzle of adult males.
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From the lexical point of view, domain-specific vocabulary and tokens with peculiar structures have to be identified and defined.
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The primary goal of the catalog was to present photographs of examples of the different kinds of peculiar structures found among nearby galaxies.
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The peculiar structures of the gold halides are mostly a result of the relativistic effects that occur for the elements of the later periods of the periodic table.
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