Semierect
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semierect is an adjective meaning Partially or somewhat erect.
Meaning
Partially or somewhat erect.
More Meanings
- (of body parts) Partially or somewhat erect.
- (of a person) Having a partially or somewhat erect penis.
Example Sentences
Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate, intervals with a row of moderately coarse elongate punctures each bearing a semierect hair, surface subgranularly alutaceous.
It is a singular and very interesting sight to watch a Mias making his way leisurely through the forest. He walks deliberately along some of the larger branches in the semi-erect attitude which the great length of his arms and the shortness of his legs cause him naturally to assume; and the disproportion between these limbs is increased by his walking on his knuckles, not on the palm of the hand, as we should do.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semiupright, semiflexed, semireticulated, semireticulate, semiequitant, semirevolute.
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