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subapical en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apic- Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English apical English subapical From sub- + apical.

Meanings

1. Below an apex.
   • The ears are brownish, more or less rusty, the extreme edge whitish, particularly on the posterior border, the apical third externally with a submargin of black, expanding towards the tip into a broad blackish subapical spot. 1894, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 108:
2. Pronounced with the underside of the tongue.

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