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ringstraked

ringstraked adjective: striped with differently colored rings.

Adjective

ringstraked (comparative more ringstraked, superlative most ringstraked)

  1. (archaic) striped with differently colored rings
    • And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:12

Forms of ringstraked

comparativemore ringstraked
superlativemost ringstraked

Origin of ringstraked

From ring + strake (“streak, stripe”) + -ed.

Questions about ringstraked

What does ringstraked mean?
Ringstraked means striped with differently colored rings.
What part of speech is ringstraked?
Ringstraked is an adjective.

Words near ringstraked in the dictionary

  1. ringstem
  2. ringster
  3. ringsters
  4. ringstone
  5. ringstones
  6. ringstraked
  7. ringtail
  8. ringtail cat
  9. ringtail cats
  10. ringtail civet
  11. ringtail civets

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