Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Nearly or somewhat cylindrical.

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  • adjective Imperfectly cylindrical; only approximately cylindrical.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ cylindric

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Examples

  • Elytra entire; tibiae emarginate; terminal joint of the tarsi profoundly bilobated; nails simple; head as long behind the eyes as before them; thorax subcylindric; antennae much shorter than the body ', basal joint much shorter than the head, joints excepting the second not very une - qual in length, subcylindric; labrum emarginate; palpi with the ter - minal joint somewhat fusiform, subacute: mentum with a prominent acute central tooth.

    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

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