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subpolished

subpolished adjective: having a somewhat or imperfectly polished appearance.

Adjective

subpolished

  1. Having a somewhat or imperfectly polished appearance.
    • Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; clypeus subpolished, less convex […]1980, Joseph Kenneth Jonathan, The Isotima-complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), page 83
    • Mandibles sparsely weakly punctate, subpolished.1989, Oriental Insects, volume 23, page 295

Origin of subpolished

From sub- + polished.

Questions about subpolished

What does subpolished mean?
Subpolished means having a somewhat or imperfectly polished appearance.
What part of speech is subpolished?
Subpolished is an adjective.

Words near subpolished in the dictionary

  1. subpoint
  2. subpoints
  3. subpolar
  4. subpolicies
  5. subpolicy
  6. subpolished
  7. subpolities
  8. subpolity
  9. subpolygon
  10. subpolygonal
  11. subpolygons

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