radiatus

American  

[ray-dee-ay-tuhs] / ˌreɪ diˈeɪ təs /

adjective

Meteorology.

1. (of a cloud) having bands that appear to converge toward a point on the horizon.

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Etymology

Origin of radiatus

< New Latin, Latin: arranged radially, originally, having rays of light; see radiate

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radiatus

She builds a very pretty nest with resin and gravel in the shells of the young Common Snail, of Helix nemoralis and sometimes of Bulimulus radiatus.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

In Java it is procured from the Phaseolus radiatus.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

Below this, again, come limestones and shales, partly of brackish and partly of fresh-water origin, in which many fish, especially species of Lepidotus and Microdon radiatus, are found, and a crocodilian reptile named Macrorhynchus.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

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