subascending

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adjective

Almost or imperfectly ascending.

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Meanings

adjectivesubascending (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyAlmost or imperfectly ascending.

    Palpi moderate, subascending, rather stout, long scaled below; front with scale tuft; tongue developed; antennæ of slightly flattened, filiform, finely and shortly ciliate; […]

    1896, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 340

Origin

From sub- + ascending.

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APA

subascending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subascending

MLA

“subascending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subascending. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subascending,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subascending.

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