vagini-comb. f. of L. vāgīna sheath (see vagino-) in a few scientific terms, as vaginiformadj.; vaginiglutæus, a muscle acting upon the sheath of the thigh; also vaginiglutealadj.; † vaginipennousa., 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, vaginipennateadjs.1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xv. (1686) 141 All vaginipennous or sheath-winged insects, as Beetles and Dorrs.1656Blount 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].1859Mayne Expos.Lex. 1320 Vaginiformis,..vaginiform.