teneral
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
teneral (not comparable)
- (of an arthropod, etc.) In the pale, soft-bodied state that follows moulting, before the hardening and darkening of the cuticle, during which the creature is able to expand.
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Noun[edit]
teneral (plural tenerals)
- Such an imago.