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Stria

noun
(pl. striae)
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.  Synonym: striation.
2.
A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.  Synonyms: band, banding, striation.  "The black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"



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... under cover of our guns to the south and east, the Alpini streamed down from the Cima di Falzarego and Sasso di Stria, which they had occupied shortly before, and secured what was at first but a precarious foothold on the stony lower eastern slope of the Col di Lana. Indeed, it was little more than a toe-hold at first; but the never-resting Alpini soon dug themselves in and ...
— World's War Events, Vol. II • Various


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