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sesquialterous
sesquialterous, a. Ent. (sɛskwɪˈæltərəs) [Formed as prec. + -ous.] See quots. and cf. sesquialteral b.1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvi. IV. 288 Sesquialterous Ocellus (Ocellus sesquialterus). An ocellus with a smaller near it, called also Sesquiocellus. Ibid. 289 Sesquialterous Fascia (Fascia sesquial...
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sesquitertious
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 anothe...
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sesqui-
sesqui- (ˈsɛskwɪ) a Latin prefix [L. sesqui-, also sesque-, contraction of *sēmis-que a half in addition; cf. sestertius:—*sēmis-tertius], expressing a superparticular ratio. 1. a. With designations of measure or amount, denoting one-and-a-half times the unit; as sesquihōra an hour and a half; sesqu...
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