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Webster 1828 Edition

Noun.

plu.

[L. See Streak.] In natural history, small channels in the shells of cockles and in other substances.

See also: striæ

striae

striae

STRIAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
striae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin