- Erecto-patent
- Erecto-patent E*rec"to-pat"ent, a.
1. (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and
patent, or spreading.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.