subparallel
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subparallel (comparative more subparallel, superlative most subparallel)
- Almost parallel, but diverging or converging slightly
- 1889, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, William Morris Davis, Charles William Woodworth, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada:
- Hind wings crossed by four parallel, nearly straight series of slender interrupted fleckings, subparallel to the outer margin […]