lept-

combining form

variants or lepto-

: small : weak : thin : fine

Leptandra

leptology

leptorrhine

Word History

Etymology

lept-, New Latin, from Greek leptos, literally, peeled, husked, from lepein to peel; lepto- from Greek, from leptos

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