subconcave

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English

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Etymology

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From sub- +‎ concave.

Adjective

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subconcave (not comparable)

  1. Slightly concave.
    • 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
      the inner surface and margins are red, the rest yellowish with red spots, when uninjected: the outer surface is subconcave and uneven, the inner surface convex and tubercular