stripe (noun)

  • 91yellowtail snapper — noun superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail • Syn: ↑yellowtail, ↑Ocyurus chrysurus • Hypernyms: ↑snapper • Member Holonyms: ↑Ocyurus, ↑genus Ocyurus …

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  • 92great tit — noun : the largest common European tit (Parus major) distinguished by a glossy blue black head and yellow underparts with a black stripe down the breast * * * an Old World titmouse, Parus major, yellowish green above with white cheeks. [1895… …

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  • 93pilot flag — noun : a flag hoisted at the fore by a ship desiring a pilot (as the union jack in the U.S., the British union jack with a white border in Great Britain) * * * Naut. 1. the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown …

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  • 94stem stitch — noun : an embroidery outlining stitch (as for making stems); especially : an overlapping stitch that produces a corded appearance * * * stem stitch noun An overlapping stitch used in embroidery • • • Main Entry: ↑stem * * * stem stitch, a stitch… …

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  • 95Agent Orange — noun Etymology: so called from the identifying color stripe on its container Date: 1970 an herbicide widely used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War that is composed of 2,4 D and 2,4,5 T and contains dioxin as a contaminant …

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  • 96bigeye tuna — noun Date: 1944 a large eyed tuna (Thunnus obesus) that has long pectoral fins and often a bluish stripe on the side and is found in warm ocean waters worldwide …

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  • 97crossbar — noun Date: 1562 a transverse bar or stripe …

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  • 98goshawk — noun Etymology: Middle English goshawke, from Old English gōshafoc, from gōs goose + hafoc hawk Date: before 12th century any of several long tailed hawks with short rounded wings; especially a large accipiter (Accipiter gentilis) of the northern …

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  • 99hash mark — noun Date: 1907 1. service stripe 2. inbounds line …

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  • 100onager — noun Etymology: Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros, from onos ass + agros field more at acre Date: 14th century 1. an Asian wild ass (Equus hemionus onager syn. E. onager) that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is… …

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