sillonated

English

Etymology

sillon +‎ -ated

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪləˌneɪtɪd/

Adjective

sillonated (comparative more sillonated, superlative most sillonated)

1. Characterized by the presence of furrows, grooves, or ridges; having a surface marked by parallel lines or indentations.
   • 1881, George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systematic: With Illustrations of the Species, volume 3, page 69:

     Light brown; aperture sillonated within and dentate at the margin, slightly channeled behind.

   • 1924, IDA SHEPARD OLDROYD, The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America, volume 1, California: Stanford University, page 169:

     Shell suborbicular, compressed, valves sillonated, posterior flexuosity submedian; no lateral teeth.

   • 2022 March 8, Wikipedia contributors, “Cytharopsis”, in English Wikipedia‎^[1], Wikimedia Foundation:

     The columella is sillonated.