Meanings
adjectivesubtransverse (not comparable)
- not comparableAlmost or imperfectly transverse.
Although it does not have a patent contact with the larger portion of the rostrum, the plane of the anterior breakage is subtransverse, and we suspect it would have articulated within 5–25 cm of a gap with the larger portion (Fig 11).
2015 December 10, “Albicetus oxymycterus, a New Generic Name and Redescription of a Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm Whales”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with subtransverse
universereversenurseworsediverseversepurseconversetraversetransversereimburseperversedisperseimmerseaversecoerceterseobversehearsemultiversedisburseperserecurseburse
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APA
subtransverse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtransverse
MLA
“subtransverse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtransverse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subtransverse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subtransverse.
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