unemerged en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + emerged.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not having emerged.
I’ve never collected Dorcasta cinerea (a longhorn beetle that utilizes buffalo gourd as a larval host), so I began splitting open the old stems to see if I could find unemerged adults.
2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae: