subpolished

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adjective

Having a somewhat or imperfectly polished appearance.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Having a somewhat or imperfectly polished appearance.

    Mandibles sparsely weakly punctate, subpolished.

    1989, Oriental Insects, volume 23, page 295
    1 more example

    Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; clypeus subpolished, less convex […]

    1980, Joseph Kenneth Jonathan, The Isotima-complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), page 83

Origin

From sub- + polished.

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APA

subpolished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subpolished

MLA

“subpolished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subpolished. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subpolished,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subpolished.

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