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subapical

subapical adjective: below an apex.

Adjective

subapical (comparative more subapical, superlative most subapical)

  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.

Forms of subapical

comparativemore subapical
superlativemost subapical

Origin of subapical

From sub- + apical.

Questions about subapical

What does subapical mean?
Subapical means below an apex.
What part of speech is subapical?
Subapical is an adjective.

Words near subapical in the dictionary

  1. subapertural
  2. subaperture
  3. subapertures
  4. subapex
  5. subaphyric
  6. subapical
  7. subapically
  8. subapices
  9. subapiculate
  10. subapocarpous
  11. subaponeurotic

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