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  • noun Plural form of marking.
  • noun the pattern of colouration on a particular animal

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Examples

  • Its bright orange coloring with black and white markings is almost the prototype image that people have of a butterfly.

    Ojo Del Lago - A Trip to See the Monarchs 2007

  • Its bright orange coloring with black and white markings is almost the prototype image that people have of a butterfly.

    Ojo Del Lago - A Trip to See the Monarchs 2007

  • Yet there were no markings from the post office to say something bad had happened.

    Archive 2006-06-01 2006

  • Yet there were no markings from the post office to say something bad had happened.

    ALA: The Books, Part One 2006

  • (I am attached to the beehive markings from the basket, and can't see why it wouldn't work with the No Knead bread.)

    Home Lindy 2006

  • I lined it with a tea towel and now that I dimly recall, the bread did end up having the weaving markings from the towel.

    Tigers & Strawberries » Split Pea Soup: It’s Ugly 2005

  • If you want to know the relative positions of Earth and Mars for years before or after those indicated, just add or subtract any multiple of 15 to the numbers given on the markings in other words, 1975 is the same as 1990, which is the same as 2005, 2020, 2035, etc.

    The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996

  • If you want to know the relative positions of Earth and Mars for years before or after those indicated, just add or subtract any multiple of 15 to the numbers given on the markings in other words, 1975 is the same as 1990, which is the same as 2005, 2020, 2035, etc.

    The Case for Mars Robert Zubrin 1996

  • The graffiti and markings included the German words "Juden Raus" ( "Jews Out"), and the statement "Hitler was right."

    Latest Articles Mobile.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release 2010

  • I need to look at old turtle shots and see if the markings are the same, he might be an older fella!

    Turtle Blues* « Fairegarden 2009

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