stria
    n 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 [syn: stria, striation]
    2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes
       exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding
       of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria,
       striation]

Stria \Stri"a\, n.; pl. Striae. [L., a furrow, channel,
   hollow.]
   1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of
      color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as,
      the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier
      passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a
      stria of nervous matter in the brain.
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   2. (Arch.) A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters,
      or the like. --Oxf. Gloss.
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