Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nearly but not quite square; squarish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nearly or approximately square; almost square.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Nearly or approximately
square .
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Lodicules_ are two, fleshy and cuneate or subquadrate.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Black and shining; head subquadrate, smooth and shining, as wide as the thorax, with a few punctures at the sides of the face and between the antennæ.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Head nearly round; front subquadrate; face short; epistoma very prominent.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Nigro-fuscous; the antennæ with a carina between their base, the face anteriorly, the mandibles, the legs, and the abdomen at its apex and beneath, ferruginous; the femora and coxæ above, fuscous; the head subquadrate with the angles rounded; the eyes small and placed forwards on the sides of the head towards the base of the mandibles, the latter with four strong teeth on their inner margin.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Anterior wings fuscous, with a pale vitta commencing near the base on the subcostal nervure, reaching the costa before the middle, and extending along it to the apex, where it joins a flexuous submarginal band, connected with a vitta occupying the whole inner margin; beyond the cell is an abbreviated flexuous striga; followed by a subquadrate dot; posterior wings pale dull red, with a broad submarginal fuscous band, and
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Anterior wings fuscous, with a pale vitta commencing near the base on the subcostal nervure, reaching the costa before the middle, and extending along it to the apex, where it joins a flexuous submarginal band, connected with a vitta occupying the whole inner margin; beyond the cell is an abbreviated flexuous striga; followed by a subquadrate dot; posterior wings pale dull red, with a broad submarginal fuscous band, and
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Anterior wings fuscous, with a pale vitta commencing near the base on the subcostal nervure, reaching the costa before the middle, and extending along it to the apex, where it joins a flexuous submarginal band, connected with a vitta occupying the whole inner margin; beyond the cell is an abbreviated flexuous striga; followed by a subquadrate dot; posterior wings pale dull red, with a broad submarginal fuscous band, and a discoidal spot of the same colour; head and anterior part of thorax pale, posterior black; abdomen above red, with a black dorsal line; antennae fuscous; femora red; tibiae and tarsi fuscous.
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Body elongated, dull honey-yellow, punctured; Iicad with close set, discoidal punctures; subquadrate, obtuse before; anfovuir, and palpi paler than the head; thorax with discoidal punctures; which arc close set and like those of the head with a central point; oval, rather smaller than the head; edges a little darker; elytra a little paler than the head and thorax, with dense, transversely somewhat confluent punctures; abdomen dark honey-yellow, black at tip; feet colour of the elytra. —
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