striation
Noun
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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 (synset 113931362)
is a type of: channel, groove - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)same as: stria
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A stripe or stripes of contrasting color (synset 104687822)
"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"is a type of: bar, streak, stripe - a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the backgroundsubtypes:
- collar - (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
- stretch mark - a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy)
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