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Adjective
granose (comparative more granose, superlative most granose)
- Having the form of a string of grains or beads, as the antennæ of some insects or the ridges of some conch shells.
1831, Georges baron Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille, translated by Henry M'Murtrie, The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, volume 3, G. & C. & H. Carvill, page 481:Those species in which the antennæ gradually enlarge and are either wholly or partly almost granose, with the last joint avoid or oval; in which the head projects but little before, and is prolonged and insensibly rounded behind; and where the thorax is almost cylindrical or square, compose our genus LAGRIA properly so called (1).
1884, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, B. Sharp, George Washington Tryon, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systemic; with Illustrations of the Species, page 74:Shell somewhat fusiform, conical, granose throughout, ridged at the base, spire slightly channeled, finely coronated at the edge; white, tinged with light brown at the base and apex. Length 1 inch.
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Italian
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granose
- feminine plural of granoso
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