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unstriped

[ uhn-strahypt, -strahy-pid ]

adjective

  1. not striped; stripe; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.


unstriped

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adjective

  1. (esp of smooth muscle) not having stripes; unstriated
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of unstriped1

First recorded in 1835–45; un- 1 + striped
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Do you chuckle when you see that the Yankees unstriped the Tigers, or do you cringe when the Capitals overrule the Rangers?

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By 10 a.m., a spokesman said, they had apprehended the animals - the unstriped one was actually a horse -- on Victory Boulevard about a quarter-mile south of Mr. Osher's shop.

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Epithelial, muscle—in particular the unstriped variety—and ganglion-cells may also become calcified.

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Description.—Similar to Embernagra platensis, but the back unstriped, and the olive hue somewhat purer; also the abdomen of a paler buff: total length 8·1 inches, wing 3·7, tail 4·0.

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Some such difference as exists on a gross scale between striped and unstriped muscle seems to exist on a minute scale among these smallest involved cells and fibres, or whatever they be.

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