reticulation

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He says that desalinated water probably costs two or three times more than if you had to build a damn and reticulation system, but it would have cost more a few years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2010

In one specimen there was only a single open pore; generally, there are many variously-shaped open spaces, the bone forming an irregular reticulation.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Darwin, Charles

Skeleton dense, forming a close reticulation; radiating fibres slender but quite distinct, running up right through the sponge, crossed at frequent intervals by single spicules or groups of spicules.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Mrs. Tree was over seventy, but apart from an amazing reticulation of wrinkles netted close and fine like a woven veil, she showed little sign of her great age.

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.

In some individuals the dark reticulation on the dorsum is faint.

From A Review of the Frogs of the Hyla bistincta Group by Duellman, William E.