sesquitertious, a. Ent.
(sɛskwɪˈtɜːʃəs)
[Formed as prec. + -ous.]
(See quot. and cf. sesquialterous.)
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 290 Sesquitertious Fascia (Fascia sesquitertia). When both wings are traversed by a continued band, and more than half of either the primary or secondary by another; or, when a wing or elytrum contains a band and the third of a band. |