striated
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- substriated adjective
- unstriated adjective
Etymology
Origin of striated
Example Sentences
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Keepers at the Cornish Birds of Prey Centre CIC said a gyr falcon and a striated caracara were taken between 17:00 GMT on Thursday and 07:00 on Friday.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
Made of clay, it was wedged above a human skull and surrounded by fragments of a striated wig.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
They're calling that large, striated blob Baby Cas A -- because it appears like an offspring of the main supernova.
From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023
As I watched, he photographed a striated darter that didn't yet have a name, a Yellow Bass, an Orangefin Shiner and a giant crayfish discovered in 2011 in the very creek we were at.
From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023
After a hasty breakfast of mush, the Hunters were off, eager to take advantage of the halt in the rain and the appearance of sliced sunlight through the striated clouds.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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