subtransverse

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ transverse

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Adjective

subtransverse (not comparable)

  1. 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, →DOI:
      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).
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