muricate

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adjective

covered with short rough points or studs

OriginLatin mūricātus →
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Meanings

adjective

alternative muricated

  1. biologycovered with short rough points or studs

    […] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.

    1912, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette, volume 54, page 145
  2. biologycovered with crystals

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
muricated

Origin

  1. Latinmūricātus
  2. Englishmuricate

First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ceratium
Cite this entry
APA

muricate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricate

MLA

“muricate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “muricate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muricate.

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