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strigula

strigula noun: any line or line-shaped pattern.

Noun

strigula (plural strigulas or strigulae)

  1. Any line or line-shaped pattern.
    • Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded; whitish, more or less irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous, sometimes forming numerous fine short strigulæ; […]1884 May, Edward Meyrick, “A Monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina.”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, volume 16, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2026, page 98

Forms of strigula

pluralstrigulas
pluralstrigulae

Origin of strigula

Borrowed from Latin strigula (“a little line, an etch”).

Questions about strigula

What does strigula mean?
Strigula means any line or line-shaped pattern.
What part of speech is strigula?
Strigula is a noun.
What is the plural of strigula?
The plural of strigula is strigulas.

Words near strigula in the dictionary

  1. strigose
  2. strigosely
  3. strigous
  4. strigovite
  5. strigs
  6. strigula
  7. strigulae
  8. strigulas
  9. strigulate
  10. strigulated
  11. strigulation

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