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tegular

American  
[teg-yuh-ler] / ˈtɛg yə lər /

adjective

  1. pertaining to or resembling a tile.

  2. consisting of or arranged like tiles.

  3. of or relating to a tegula.

tegular British  
/ ˈtɛɡjʊlə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a tile or tiles

  2. biology overlapping like a series of tiles

    tegular scales

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Other Word Forms

  • tegularly adverb

Etymology

Origin of tegular

1790–1800; < Latin tēgul ( a ) tile + -ar 1

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