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† subvenˈtaneous, a. Obs.
[f. mod.L. subventāneus, f. L. sub sub- 1 a + ventum wind: see -eous. Cf. obs. F. subventané.]
Windy; esp. of unfertile eggs.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 162 The relation of the Mares in Spaine, and their subventaneous conceptions, from the westerne winde. 1666S. Parker Free & Impart. Censure (1667) 79 Theories in Philosophie..impregnate the mind with nothing but Ayerie and Subventaneous Phantasmes. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 272 Whether the Egg it self at first was imperfect or subventaneous. 1688Holme Armoury ii. xiii. 313/2 Subventaneous Eggs, such as the Hen brings forth without the Treading of the Cock. |