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^[1], →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).