muricate

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Definition of muricate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

covered with short rough points or studs

“[…] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.”

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adj

covered with short rough points or studs

“[…] the small areola at base scarcely forked, closely muricate with silvery-gray spinellae on a brown background.”
covered with crystals

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First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”).

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