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Definition of Subterminal
1. Adjective. Near but not precisely at an end. "A subterminal band of color on the tail feathers"
Definition of Subterminal
1. Adjective. Positioned near an end ¹
2. Adjective. Less than terminal ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subterminal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subterminal
Literary usage of Subterminal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"... abbreviated basal line without an adherent black spot; the orbicular rounded
at the bottom ; the elbowed line ill-developed ; subterminal line ochreous, ..."
2. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1915)
"Clasp-filament large, stout, slightly swollen in middle, with an articulated
subterminal claw. Harpes furcate, inner branch short, smooth, outer long and ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Leaves about an inch long, Flowers blue, in terminal cymes and subterminal whorls.
The plant turns nearly black in drying. Deflexed Halenia. ..."
4. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1866)
"... lowest ones here and there cut out at the base : peduncles few, subterminal,
a little longer than the leaf, 1-headed: scales of the involucre linear, ..."
5. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Furca curved, stout, seven times as long as wide with the subterminal ...
Dorsal seta twice width of furca from subterminal claw, and two-thirds its length. ..."
6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1874)
"It is totally pale brown, with all the lines indistinct except the subterminal.
The wings are crossed by nebulous stria; of a darker hue. ..."
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