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Meaning of stria

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stria
      n 1: 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 [syn: {stria}, {striation}]
      2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes
         exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding
         of bees and wasps" [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stria},
         {striation}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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