subdeflected

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ deflected.

Adjective

subdeflected

1. (biology) Partially or imperfectly deflected.
   • '1888, George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology: Structural and Systematic. With Illustrations of the Species. First series, page 112:

     Covered perforate, brownish yellow, with three chestnut bands, striate, somewhat solid; whorls 41, flattened, the last subdeflected in front; peristome labiate, expanded above, reflected below.

   • 1950, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin - Geological Survey of Canada:

     Dorsal ridge present specimens are somewhat more ovate (i.e. less subdeflected toward hinge above muscle spot.