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subascending

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From sub- +‎ ascending.

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subascending (not comparable)

(biology) Almost or imperfectly ascending.
- 1896, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, page 340:
  Palpi moderate, subascending, rather stout, long scaled below; front with scale tuft; tongue developed; antennæ of slightly flattened, filiform, finely and shortly ciliate; […]

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