subtransverse
subtransverse adjective: almost or imperfectly transverse.
Adjective
subtransverse (not comparable)
- Almost or imperfectly transverse.
- Although it does not have a patent contact with the larger portion of the rostrum, the plane of the anterior breakage is subtransverse, and we suspect it would have articulated within 5–25 cm of a gap with the larger portion (Fig 11).2015 December 10, “Albicetus oxymycterus, a New Generic Name and Redescription of a Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm...
Origin of subtransverse
From sub- + transverse.
Words that rhyme with subtransverse
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- purse
- worse
- -verse
- coerce
- converse
- excurse
- immerse
- multiverse
- obverse
- terce
- terse
- amerce
- asperse
- herse
- neurodiverse
- perse
- reimburse
- transverse
- a blessing and a curse
- absterse
- accurse
- costotransverse
- demerse
- disburse
- Erse
- intertransverse
- megadiverse
- murse
- nontransverse
- pretransverse
- public purse
- recurse
- renverse
- sperse
- submerse
- thurse
Questions about subtransverse
- What does subtransverse mean?
- Subtransverse means almost or imperfectly transverse.
- What part of speech is subtransverse?
- Subtransverse is an adjective.
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