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subventaneous

subventaneous adjective: unfertilized (thought to be produced by the wind).

Adjective

subventaneous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) unfertilized (thought to be produced by the wind).
    • subventaneous eggs

Origin of subventaneous

From sub- + Latin ventus (“wind”).

Questions about subventaneous

What does subventaneous mean?
Subventaneous means unfertilized (thought to be produced by the wind).
What part of speech is subventaneous?
Subventaneous is an adjective.

Words near subventaneous in the dictionary

  1. subvene
  2. subvened
  3. subvenes
  4. subvening
  5. subvent
  6. subventaneous
  7. subvented
  8. subventing
  9. subvention
  10. subventionary
  11. subventioned

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