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teneral
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teneral, a. [L. tener, -eris, tender, delicate.].
Of, pertaining to, or designating, a condition assumed by the imago of certain Neuroptera, after exclusion from the pupa. In this state the insect is soft, and has not fully attained its mature coloring. [1913 Webster]
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