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subcallus

noun

Etymology

From sub- + callus.

  1. borrowed from callum — “hard skin”
  2. prefixed as subcallus — “sub + callus”

Definitions

  1. The lowest of the calli on the frons of some species of horse flies.

    • It is interesting to note that the presumed male of this species does not have shiny anterior tentorial pits but does have a pair of dark brown spots on the subcallus, these lacking in the female.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for subcallus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA