verriculate

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• Verriculate — Ver*ric u*late, a. [L. verriculum a net, seine.] (Zo[ o]l.) Having thickset tufts of parallel hairs, bristles, or branches. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• verriculate — ver·ric·u·late …   English syllables

• verricule — n. [L. verriculum, net] A dense tuft of nearly parallel upright hairs; verriculate adj …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• verricule —   n. tuft of bristles, hairs, etc.    ♦ verriculate, a. having verricules …   Dictionary of difficult words

• verriculated — adjective see verriculate …   Useful english dictionary