subapical

sub- +‎ apical

subapical (comparative more subapical, superlative most subapical)

1. Below an apex.
   • 1894, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 108:

     The ears are brownish, more or less rusty, the extreme edge whitish, particularly on the posterior border, the apical third externally with a submargin of black, expanding towards the tip into a broad blackish subapical spot.

2. (phonetics) Pronounced with the underside of the tongue.

• IPA^(key): /subapiˈkal/ [su.β̞a.piˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: su‧ba‧pi‧cal

subapical m or f (masculine and feminine plural subapicales)

1. subapical