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subpolished

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ polished.

Adjective

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subpolished

  1. Having a somewhat or imperfectly polished appearance.
    • 1980, Joseph Kenneth Jonathan, The Isotima-complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), page 83:
      Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; clypeus subpolished, less convex []
    • 1989, Oriental Insects, volume 23, page 295:
      Mandibles sparsely weakly punctate, subpolished.