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teguline

teguline noun: any spider of the genus Tegulinus.

Noun

teguline (plural tegulines)

  1. Any spider of the genus Tegulinus

Adjective

teguline (not comparable)

  1. Of a specific type used by potters or for the making of roof tiles.
    • Considerable deposits of teguline clays, or potter's-clay, and tile-clay, are found in various parts of the country, especially in the Cantons of Geneva, Neuchfitel, and Berne.1872, The Mining Magazine and Review
    • This paper addresses the microstructure change induced by swelling for natural stiff Teguline clays.2016 May, Ling-Ling Zeng, Yu-Jun Cui, Nathalie Conil, Jad Zghondi, Gilles Armand, Jean Talandier, “Experimental study on swelling behaviour and microstructure changes of natural stiff Teguline clays...

Forms of teguline

pluraltegulines

Questions about teguline

What does teguline mean?
Teguline means any spider of the genus Tegulinus.
What part of speech is teguline?
Teguline can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of teguline?
The plural of teguline is tegulines.

Words near teguline in the dictionary

  1. tegulae
  2. tegular
  3. tegularly
  4. tegulated
  5. tegulation
  6. teguline
  7. tegulines
  8. tegument
  9. tegumental
  10. tegumentally
  11. tegumentary

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