Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Imperfectly or partially metallic: as, the submetallic luster of wolfram.
Wiktionary
- adj. mineralogy Having a lustre like that of metal, but duller and less reflective.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Imperfectly metallic.
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“Olive green, submetallic; edge of the scales blackish; upper lip, chin, and ventral plates greenish-white; head moderate, elongate, depressed; head shields normal; hinder frontal and front of superciliary shield expanded on the sides, and bent down on the cheeks.”
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
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