strigula

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noun

Any line or line-shaped pattern.

OriginLatin strigula →
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Meanings

nounstrigula (plural strigulas or strigulae)

plural strigulas · plural strigulae

  1. biologyAny line or line-shaped pattern.

    Forewings moderate, hindmargin rounded; whitish, more or less irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous, sometimes forming numerous fine short strigulæ; […]

    1884 May 29, Edward Meyrick, “A Monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina.”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, volume 16, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2026, page 98

Origin

  1. Latinstriga
  2. Latinstrigula
  3. Englishstrigula

Borrowed from Latin strigula (“a little line, an etch”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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