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Definition: HOLASPIDEAN

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb holaspideanly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(holaspideanly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective holaspidean.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Holaspidean" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Holaspidean \Hol`as*pid"e*an\, adjective. [Holo- Greek, shield.]. (references)

Definition: HOLASPIDEAN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb holaspideanly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(holaspideanly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective holaspidean.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HOLASPIDEAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Holaspidean \Hol`as*pid"e*an\, adjective. [Holo- Greek, shield.]. (references)