comb. f. of L. vāgīna sheath (see VAGINO-) in a few scientific terms, as vaginiform adj.; vaginiglutæus, a muscle acting upon the sheath of the thigh; also vaginigluteal adj.; † vaginipennous a., of beetles, having the wings covered with a sheath; coleopterous.
A few other instances of scientific or technical usage are given in some recent Dicts., as vaginicoline, vaginicolous, vaginiferous, vaginipennate adjs.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. xv. (1686), 141. All vaginipennous or sheath-winged insects, as Beetles and Dorrs.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Vaginipennous, pertaining to such flies, which have their wings cloased as it were in sheaths or cases, as the Beetle hath. Dr. Br[owne].
1859. Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1320. Vaginiformis,… vaginiform.
