microsthenic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

microsthene +‎ -ic

Adjective[edit]

microsthenic (comparative more microsthenic, superlative most microsthenic)

  1. (zoology, archaic, rare) Having a typically small size (used in the 19th century by James Dana to classify animals)

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