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anteapical en · ADJ

Etymology

From ante- + apical.

Meanings

  1. Located in front of an apex.
    • Legs flavescent, femora with coarse, coalescing round, castaneous spots, some forming anteapical annulus, tibiae with vague, irregularly scattered castaneous dashes; tarsi light castaneous. 1965 September, Herbert Ruckes, “Several New Genera and Species of Discocephaline Pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society, volume LXXIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: New York Entomological Society, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 127:

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more anteapical Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most anteapical Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

postapical

Relateds

subapical

Synonyms

preapical