lirated

comparative more lirated · superlative most lirated

1. biologyMarked with fine lines, ridges, or grooves; furnished with transverse ridges (often used in the description of shells).

   The spire of eucosmius is more slender, has 8 ribs instead of 7, and the outer lip is always smooth, while it is strongly lirated in miocosmius.

   1921, Axel Adolf Olsson, Carlotta Joaquina Maury, The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica: With Notes on Its General Stratigraphic Relations, Part 1, Cornell University, page 104

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   Last whorl excavated beneath, finely lirated, and of a uniform brownish white or pale pink tint, with a rather acute ridge circumscribing the base.

   1878, Zoological Society of London, PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR THE YEAR 1878., page 817

2. biologyHaving striated or furrowed markings.