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rugae

rugae is the plural of ruga.

Meaning of ruga

Noun

ruga (plural rugae)

  1. (plural-normally) A fold, crease or wrinkle.
    • Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; […]1980, Joseph Kenneth Jonathan, The Isotima-complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), page 83

Questions about rugae

What is rugae the plural of?
Rugae is the plural of ruga.

Words near rugae in the dictionary

  1. rug-munchers
  2. rug-pull
  3. rug-pulls
  4. ruga
  5. Rugaard
  6. rugae
  7. rugal
  8. rugalach
  9. rugalachs
  10. Rugao
  11. rugate

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