Adpress
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of appress. alt-of, alternative
"Hind tibiae bristled above, about 8 bristles in antero- and posterodorsal rows nearly as long as tibia is deep, intermixed with shorter hairing, ventrally with short adpressed bristly-hairs."
Example
More examples"Hind tibiae bristled above, about 8 bristles in antero- and posterodorsal rows nearly as long as tibia is deep, intermixed with shorter hairing, ventrally with short adpressed bristly-hairs."
Etymology
An adaptation of adpress-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin adprimō, variant spelling of apprimō.
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