Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Biology A fold, crease, or wrinkle, as in the lining of the stomach. Often used in the plural.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In zoöl., anat., and botany, a fold, ridge, or wrinkle; a crease or plait; a corrugation: variously applied, as to folds of mucous membrane or skin, the cross-bars of the hard palate, the wrinkles on a shell or a bird's bill or an insect's wing-covers, etc.: usually in the plural.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Nat. Hist.) A wrinkle; a fold.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease
Etymologies
- From Latin ruga (Wiktionary)
- Latin rūga. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One descendant of "ruga" that you'll probably recognize is "corrugate," which initially meant "to form or shape into wrinkles or folds.”
“Then he went out of the small square, down a ruga, a street with shops.”
“Christi sponsam esse tenemus, quam Christus sanguine suo lavet et purificet, et tandem Patri suo eam sine macula et ruga statuat et tradat.”
“Sunt noua si yo p aici si v-as ruga sa-mi recomandati si mie niste seriale.”
“Voi formula o serie de intrebari legate de viata noastra de zi cu zi, la care va voi ruga daca aveti timp sa imi raspundeti cu o opinie personala sau daca este cazul cu un fapt demonstrat.”
“Daca exista argumente in sprijinul ideii de reincarnare, v-as ruga sa ne vorbiti despre acestea! waiting for results (Vineri, 23 aprilie 2010, 9: 40)”
“L. ex albidu carncua pofteriui fubclavatut antenus dilata - nit papillolui, ore terminali papillari ruga villufifluna cinao.”
“Cumqvc erit in vulru plurima ruga tuo Forrircrc/iuiaSjUttc mala cogat egeftas Mulra pari fortinon parienda viro,”
Internet Archive: M. Antoni Mureti ... Orationes, epistolæ hymniqve saeri
“* vivam hanc petram, hoc pacto inedificatis, ecclesiam construi, sanctamque sanctorum omnium collectionem et immaculatam Christi sponsam esse tenemus, quam Christus sanguine suo lavet et purificet, et tandem Patri suo eam sine macula et ruga statuat et tradat.”
“Then Christ’s spouse shall be sine macula et ruga, without spot or wrinkle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ruga’.
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Palynology
List of terms used in the study and classification of pollen and spores - both fossil and modern.
tetrad, abporal, ectoaperture, lacuna, grain, spore, lophate, acalymmate, monad, polyad, hexad, calymmate and 513 more...
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Ruzuzu's totally rad, righteous, and ...
R words? Really? Right on!
retail, rabe, rutabega, Rashomon, radioisotope, Rasputin, rusty, rosacea, Rumi, riskier, rat, rifle and 53 more...
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kad's Words
caliph, sylvain, slither, rebbe, sverdrup, vapid, onus, atavistic, cathexis, acathexis, kludge, lithe and 97 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, R
retinol, rectory, rhubarb, rancor, recension, rood, redivivus, roborate, redound, ripsnorting, ragtag, recruit and 250 more...
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W.E.L.D.E.R.
réchauffé, gast, dere, heller, arête, wair, tut, shad, tipi, emeu, codon, unco and 65 more...
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