reticulate
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"For decades, the question of how reticulate veins form has remained open, and finally we have a plausible answer" in Chinese money plants' Voronoi patterns.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Monocots have leaves with reticulate, net-like venation and dicot leaves have parallel venation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A leaf has parallel venation whereas leaflets show reticulate venation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A leaf has reticulate venation whereas leaflets show parallel venation.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Tarsus about length of femur, reticulate at back and generally in front.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
On Thursday, the Great Plains Zoo and Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls announced the death of Chioke, an 18-year-old reticulated giraffe.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Genetic studies have found that giraffe DNA falls into four distinct clusters: the Northern giraffe, the reticulated giraffe, the Masai giraffe and the Southern giraffe.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
However, such incidents have only been reliably documented in Asia, and with snakes known as reticulated pythons.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 16, 2024
Kendi means ‘loved one’ in Swahili, paying homage to the language spoken in Kenya, where reticulated giraffes can be found in the wild.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2023
He had no idea why he’d become a reticulated python, but it did explain his dream about slowly swallowing a cow.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Cardono's keen black eyes, twinkling hither and thither, a myriad crows' feet reticulating out from their corners like spiders' webs, took in the landscape, and every object in it.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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"The Deep," Vocabulary from the short story
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 4
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