paucal

  1. Adjective.  Characterized by having a small number, greater than two, of (usually equivalent) components.
  2. Adjective.  (grammar) pertaining to a language form referring to a few of something (three to around ten), as a small group of people; contrast ''singular'', ''dual'', ''trial'' and ''plural''.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.