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Definition of Outcurves
1. outcurve [n] - See also: outcurve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outcurves
Literary usage of Outcurves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1905)
"T. a. line geminate, broad, powdery, the inner portion more even, more slender
and less marked; the outer forming obvious though not wide outcurves in the ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. by American Entomological Society (1891)
"... with the basal line distinct, black, geminate, inwardly oblique from the costa.
T. a. line inwardly oblique, with three feeble outcurves, outer lin« ..."
3. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"... gulfs, and lakes for the water ; and for the land on strictly similar lines
into continents, outcurves, peninsulas, and islands. ..."
4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1898)
"T. a. line geminate, the defining lines broken, black, included space whitish or
yellowish, as a whole a little outwardly oblique, with moderate outcurves ..."
5. Tales from a Dugout by Arthur Guy Empey (1918)
"The first two Canadians struck out, nearly breaking their backs trying to connect
with Alex's outcurves. The third man up got his base on a passed third ..."
6. The Realm of Nature: An Outline of Physiography by Hugh Robert Mill (1892)
"... in the narrowest part of the continent, while both the east and west coasts
form bold outcurves. Tasmania rests on the Continental Shelf to the south, ..."
7. Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family by John Bernhard Smith (1895)
"Transverse anterior line feebly marked, single, outwardly oblique, with two
outcurves, that below the median vein best marked; often entirely obsolete in ..."
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