Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Designate; determinate.
  • In entomology, having irregular spots or marks resembling letters; lettered.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having definite color markings.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective zoology Having definite colour markings.

Etymologies

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Latin signatus.

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