ringstraked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of ringstraked
1605–15; ring 1 + strake (in the obsolete sense “stripe of contrasting color”) + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
So He sees Jacob is a sure glutton, and more, a great stockman, projucing an improved strain of ringstraked goats and sheep.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
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