Definition of Semierect

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semierect

semidry
semidrying
semiduals
semiduplex
semidurable
semidwarf
semidwarfs
semidwarves
semie
semiellipse
semiellipses
semielliptic
semielliptical
semiempirical
semiepiphyte
semierect (current term)
semies
semievergreen
semifable
semifables
semifame
semifamous
semifarcical
semifertile
semifeudal
semifictional
semifictionalized
semifield
semifields
semifinal

Literary usage of Semierect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society by Hawaiian Entomological Society (1906)
"There is a semierect spine at the posterolateral angle. ... The tergites have 5 lateral semierect spines, and one medium spine near ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1908)
"... pubescence similar to that of the head, but with ihc silvery-white pubescence semierect. Scutellum densely clothed with long, whitish, recumbent hairs. ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"It is impossible to look at the conformation of this strange reptile and to doubt that it hopped or walked, in an erect or semierect position, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Donnell showed that the pulse-rate is normally slower in the recumbent than in the erect or semierect positions. Schapiro and Cabot and Bruce found that the ..."

5. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Plumage of whole frontal region very full, semierect, blended, in one species developed into a distinct crest, that of malar, suborbital and auricular ..."

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