microsthenic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
microsthene + -ic
Adjective[edit]
microsthenic (comparative more microsthenic, superlative most microsthenic)
- (zoology, archaic, rare) Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)
References[edit]
- “microsthenic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.