semidiaphanous

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ diaphanous.

Adjective

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semidiaphanous (not comparable)

  1. 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[rancis] Fayram, []; J[ohn] Senex, []; and J. Osborn and T[homas] 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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