STRIA

• (noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color

  "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands", "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"

  synonyms : band , banding , striation

• (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

  synonyms : striation

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