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so called from its party- colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent. -- Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth whic…

tle (Zoöl.), an American leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree. -- Ladder handle, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing. -- Ladder shell (Zoöl.),…

A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.

A stripe. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

rge and beautiful American moth (Actias luna). Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow. Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black. The caterpillar commonly feeds on the h…

The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, or Mexicanus).

An African antelope (Hippotragus Bakeri). Its face is striped with black and white.

adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.

p maple is A. rubrum; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum, having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium, called also moosewood. The common maple of Europe is A. campestre, the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus, and the Norway maple is A. platanoides.

The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).

alled also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet. French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).

Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird.

A thick sort of jaconet muslin, plain or striped, formerly made in India.

Without striations; unstriped; as, nonstriated muscle fibers.

moscatus, or H. orientalis), native of Eastern Asia and the Indies. It has a dorsal white stripe, and another one across the shoulders. It has a strong musky odor.

eeks are yellowish white, and the fore and hind legs above the knees and the haunches are striped with purplish black and cream color.

A stripe or band, as on a garment. Chaucer.

Striped. [Obs.] "[Buskins] . . . paled part per part." Spenser.

The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. [Obs.] Chaucer. Paling board, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]

ryas Io) having ocelli like those of peacock. -- Peacock fish (Zoöl.), the European blue-striped wrasse (Labrus variegatus); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also cook wrasse and cook. -- Peacock pheasant (Zoöl.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus Polyplectro…