sesquitertiousadj.
/sɛskwɪˈtəːʃəs/ Entomology.
(See quot. 1826 and cf. sesquialterous adj.)
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sesquitertious1826
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. xlvi. 290 Sesquitertious Fascia (Fascia sesquitertia). When both wings are traversed by a continued band, and more than half of either the primary or secondary by another; or, when a wing or elytrum contains a band and the third of a band.
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