microsthenic

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English

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Etymology

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From microsthene +‎ -ic.

Adjective

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microsthenic (comparative more microsthenic, superlative most microsthenic)

  1. (zoology, archaic, rare) Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)

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