subtransverse
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sub- + transverse.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Adjective
[edit]subtransverse (not comparable)
- Almost or imperfectly transverse.
- 2015 December 10, “Albicetus oxymycterus, a New Generic Name and Redescription of a Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm Whales”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Although it does not have a patent contact with the larger portion of the rostrum, the plane of the anterior breakage is subtransverse, and we suspect it would have articulated within 5–25 cm of a gap with the larger portion (Fig 11).