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stria
noun
A stripe or stripes of contrasting color
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stɹaɪə
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noun
A stripe or stripes of contrasting color
“Chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”
noun
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
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Chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands
The black and yellow banding of bees and wasps
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