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submargins

submargins is the plural of submargin.

Meaning of submargin

Noun

submargin (plural submargins)

  1. An area parallel to a margin but slightly further in.
    • 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

Questions about submargins

What is submargins the plural of?
Submargins is the plural of submargin.

Words near submargins in the dictionary

  1. submargin
  2. submarginal
  3. submarginally
  4. submarginate
  5. submarginated
  6. submargins
  7. submaria
  8. submarine
  9. submarine ace
  10. submarine aces
  11. submarine chaser

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