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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. near but not precisely at an end;
- Example: "a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subterminal
    adj 1: near but not precisely at an end; "a subterminal band of
           color on the tail feathers"