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verriculate

verriculate adjective: having verricules (thick tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches).

Adjective

verriculate (comparative more verriculate, superlative most verriculate)

  1. Having verricules (thick tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches).
    • beetles with verriculate markings

Forms of verriculate

comparativemore verriculate
superlativemost verriculate

Origin of verriculate

Latin verriculum a net, seine.

Questions about verriculate

What does verriculate mean?
Verriculate means having verricules (thick tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches).
What part of speech is verriculate?
Verriculate is an adjective.

Words near verriculate in the dictionary

  1. Verrette
  2. Verrettes
  3. Verretts
  4. verrey
  5. Verrey-sous-Salmaise
  6. verriculate
  7. verricule
  8. verricules
  9. verriculose
  10. Verrier
  11. Verriers

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