striation

English Thesaurus

1. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	bar, streak, stripe,
definition	:	a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	collar,
definition	:	(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	stretch mark,
definition	:	a narrow band resulting from tension on the skin (as on abdominal skin after pregnancy) (noun.attribute)

2. 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 (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	channel, groove,
definition	:	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) (noun.shape)

3. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	striate, striate,
definition	:	mark with striae or striations (verb.change)

derivation	:	striate, striate,
definition	:	mark with striae or striations (verb.change)