microsthenic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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.