Premorse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Abruptly truncated, as though bitten or broken off: a premorse leaf.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Terminated abruptly, or as if bitten off.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Bitten off.
  • In botany and entomology, having the apex irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken: as, a premorse leaf or root; premorse elytra; etc.
    • Word Usage
    "As I looked over the water, I saw the isles rapidly wasting away, the sea nibbling voraciously at the continent, the springing arch of a hill suddenly interrupted, as at Point Alderton, -- what botanists might call premorse, -- showing, by its curve against the sky, how much space it must have occupied, where now was water only."
    Equivalent
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