Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Partly hyaline; half hyaline.

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Examples

  • Head dull green, with several black spots; mouth testaceous; antennæ dark ferruginous towards the base; two pectoral calli and the scutellum testaceous; abdomen at the base dingy-whitish and semihyaline, and with three black lines; third and fourth segments with hoary bands, their hind borders ferruginous; tibiæ towards the base, and tarsi, whitish; hind tibiæ with the two colours most distinctly marked; wings grey, with broad brownish borders; stigma blackish; veins black; halteres testaceous.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

  • Hind wings pale cinereous, semihyaline, with very broad brown borders.

    Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various

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