subascending en · ADJ
Etymology
From sub- + ascending.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Almost 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: