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English
Etymology
From sub- + apical.
Adjective
subapical (comparative more subapical, superlative most subapical)
- Below an apex.
1894, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 108:The ears are brownish, more or less rusty, the extreme edge whitish, particularly on the posterior border, the apical third externally with a submargin of black, expanding towards the tip into a broad blackish subapical spot.
- (phonetics) Pronounced with the underside of the tongue.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subapiˈkal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: su‧ba‧pi‧cal
Adjective
subapical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subapicales)
- subapical