sesquialterous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin sesquialter + English -ous, from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛskwɪˈaltərəs/ === Adjective === sesquialterous (not comparable) (entomology, archaic) Synonym of sesquialteral, having a band or dot occupying a third of a wing. === References === “sesquialterous, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. “sesquialterous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.