black-barred
6.4
Marked with black stripes across the body, like on birds or fish
- adjective
:
rayado de negro
- She watched it, black-barred across the wings and tail, and she thought she'd somehow only now learned how to look.
Examples
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The fish had distinctive black-barred patterns along its sides, making it easy to identify.
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The zebra is known for its striking black-barred coat, which serves as camouflage in the wild.
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The artist painted a black-barred fence, adding contrast to the vibrant garden behind it.
Synonyms
striped
vsblack-barred
9
1.0
With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal
is the same pattern but with dark single colour bands
1
1.0
Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines
is the same pattern but with dark single colour bands
barred
vsblack-barred
3.5
Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface
is the same pattern but with dark single colour bands
Antonyms
How Patterned
Surface Forms
black-barred positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word black-barred joins black ('the dark color') and barred (from bar, 'a straight line or stick'). So it means 'marked with black bars', like black lines across a butterfly's wing or an owl's feathers, which is why we use it for animals or objects with dark stripes.