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sublustrous

sublustrous adjective: less than normally lustrous.

Adjective

sublustrous (not comparable)

  1. Less than normally lustrous
    • Abdomen microtrichose, with tergites 6 to 8 and sternite 8 lustrous and sternite 7 sublustrous.2015 July 27, Miroslav Barták, Štěpán Kubík, “Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera, Empididae)”, in ZooKeys, →DOI

Origin of sublustrous

From sub- + lustrous.

Questions about sublustrous

What does sublustrous mean?
Sublustrous means less than normally lustrous.
What part of speech is sublustrous?
Sublustrous is an adjective.

Words near sublustrous in the dictionary

  1. sublunary sphere
  2. sublunary spheres
  3. sublunate
  4. sublunulate
  5. sublunulated
  6. sublustrous
  7. sublux
  8. subluxable
  9. subluxate
  10. subluxated
  11. subluxates

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