Unemerged

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having emerged. not-comparable

    "I’ve never collected Dorcasta cinerea (a longhorn beetle that utilizes buffalo gourd as a larval host), so I began splitting open the old stems to see if I could find unemerged adults."

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"I’ve never collected Dorcasta cinerea (a longhorn beetle that utilizes buffalo gourd as a larval host), so I began splitting open the old stems to see if I could find unemerged adults."

Etymology

From un- + emerged.

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