a. [ad. mod.L. subangulāris: see SUB- 20 c and ANGULAR.] Somewhat or slightly angular; having a blunt angle.

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1777.  Pennant, Brit. Zool., IV. 51. Ast[erias] with five rays depressed; broad at the base; sub-angular.

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1849.  Dana, Geol., App. I. (1850), 685. Mesial fold large and subangular.

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1873.  Geikie, Gt. Ice Age, xvi. 202. Sprinkled with loose angular and subangular stones.

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1894.  Geol. Mag., Oct., 434. Each tubercle gives rise to three … subangular ribs.

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  So Subangled, -angulate(d adjs.

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1819.  G. Samouelle, Entomol. Compend., 423. Geometra … strigilata. The subangled Wave.

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1822.  J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 207. Turreted, with subangulated keels. Ibid., 210. Whirls round, but subangulate.

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