strigulate

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verb

To streak or stripe very finely; to make strigate or strigose; to cause to have strigulation.

OriginLatin strigulatus →
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Meanings

verbstrigulate (third-person singular simple present strigulates, present participle strigulating, simple past and past participle strigulated)

present singular third person strigulates · participle present strigulating · participle past strigulated · past strigulated

  1. biologyTo streak or stripe very finely; to make strigate or strigose; to cause to have strigulation.

Origin

  1. Latinstrigulatus
  2. Englishstrigulate

From Latin strigulatus, from striga (“row, strip, swath”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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