a. [f. SUB- 11 + L. latus, later- side + -AL.] Almost lateral; situated near the side.
1822. J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 188. The beaks sublateral, lying on the shorter side.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 318. Radicle basal or sublateral.
1875. Darwin, Insectiv. Pl., x. 251. There are tentacles on the disc … near the extremities of the sublateral bundles.
