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subdeflected

subdeflected adjective: partially or imperfectly deflected.

Adjective

subdeflected

  1. Partially or imperfectly deflected.
    • Covered perforate, brownish yellow, with three chestnut bands, striate, somewhat solid; whorls 41, flattened, the last subdeflected in front; peristome labiate, expanded above, reflected below.1888, George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology: Structural and Systematic. With Illustrations of the Species. First series, page 112
    • Dorsal ridge present specimens are somewhat more ovate (i.e. less subdeflected toward hinge above muscle spot.1950, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin - Geological Survey of Canada

Origin of subdeflected

From sub- + deflected.

Questions about subdeflected

What does subdeflected mean?
Subdeflected means partially or imperfectly deflected.
What part of speech is subdeflected?
Subdeflected is an adjective.

Words near subdeflected in the dictionary

  1. subdecumbent
  2. subdecuple
  3. subdecurrent
  4. subdefinition
  5. subdefinitions
  6. subdeflected
  7. subdegree
  8. subdeities
  9. subdeity
  10. subdelegate
  11. subdelegated

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