striated
Americanadjective
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Origin of striated
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Soon after the start of the Civil War, Church turned the atmospheric effects of a rising sun, striated clouds, and stars peeking through a patch of sky into a tattered Union flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
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
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
But travel to the Falkland Islands near the Argentine coast, and you’ll find not parrots or crows but freakishly smart falcons called striated caracaras.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Demarcating the Nepal-Tibet border, towering more than 12,000 feet above the valleys at its base, Everest looms as a threesided pyramid of gleaming ice and dark, striated rock.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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