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English
Etymology
From semi- + diaphanous.
Adjective
semidiaphanous (not comparable)
- Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent.
1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Classis V. Corpora Coralloidea, & hisce affinia.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; , tome I, London: F Fayram, ; J Senex, ; and J. Osborn and T Longman, , →OCLC, part I (Of the Fossils that are Real and Natural: ), page 144:The Spar is ſemidiaphanous, white with a Caſt of red, and made up of Plates wedged in with each other in various Poſitions.
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