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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Erecto-patent

· E·rec·to-pat·ent · IPA
01 a. Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
  1. 1.
    Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.(Zoöl.)