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ˈsubtriˌangular, a. Chiefly Zool. and Bot.
[ad. mod.L. subtriangulāris: see sub- 21 e.]
Approaching the form of a triangle; somewhat triangular.
1787tr. Linnæus' Fam. Plants 763 Calodendron... Seeds two in each cell, subtriangular. 1824Du Bois Lamarck's Arrangem. 45 The Mactræ..are marine shells..almost always subtriangular. 1854Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nat. I. 192 The exoccipitals..are very irregular subtriangular bones. 1881Nature XXIII. 605 A sub-triangular wedge⁓shaped implement.
So ˈsubtriˌangulate a., with combining form ˌsubtrianguˈlato-.
1849Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. vii. 361 Head sub-triangulate. 1852Dana Crust. i. 118 Carapax sub-triangulato-ovate. |