stripe (noun)

  • 61banding — noun 1. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps • Syn: ↑band, ↑stria, ↑striation • Derivationally related forms: ↑striate …

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  • 62silversides — noun 1. the common North American shiner • Syn: ↑common shiner, ↑Notropis cornutus • Hypernyms: ↑shiner • Member Holonyms: ↑Notropis, ↑genus Notropis 2. small fishes …

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  • 63Stars and Bars — noun the first flag of the Confederate States of America • Syn: ↑Confederate flag • Hypernyms: ↑flag * * * U.S. Hist. the flag adopted by the Confederate States of America, consisting of two broad horizontal bars of red separated by one of white …

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  • 64marsh warbler — noun : a small brown and white Eurasian warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) with a pale eye stripe * * * marsh warbler noun A small brown and white Eurasian warbler with a pale stripe over the eyes • • • Main Entry: ↑marsh …

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  • 65yellow rust — noun : stripe rust * * * Plant Pathol. See stripe rust. [1905 10] * * * yellow rust noun A fungus damaging to wheat • • • Main Entry: ↑yellow …

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  • 66yellowtail — noun (plural yellowtail or yellowtails) Date: 1709 any of various fishes having a yellow or yellowish tail: as a. any of several carangid fishes (genus Seriola); especially a food and sport fish (S. lalandi) of the Pacific and Indian oceans… …

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  • 67rear admiral -upper half — noun a) A flag officer in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps, or Public Health Service Commissioned Corps of a grade superior to a rear admiral (lower half) and… …

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  • 68zone — noun 1》 an area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.     ↘(also time zone) a range of longitudes where a common standard time is used. 2》 chiefly Botany & Zoology an encircling band or stripe of… …

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  • 69striation — noun 1. any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑stria • Derivationally related forms: ↑striate, ↑striate (for: ↑stria) …

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  • 70black thread — noun : a disease of the tapped area of the Para rubber tree that is caused by a fungus (Phytophthora meadii) and that is characterized by black lines extending through the exposed bast into the cambium or wood called also black stripe, stripe… …

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