microsthenic

English

Etymology

microsthene +‎ -ic

Adjective

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)

References

• “microsthenic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.