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RUGA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: rugae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease

Example:

rugae of the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ruga" is a kind of...):

fold; plica (a folded part (as in skin or muscle))

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

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