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banded

adjective band·ed \ˈban-dəd\

: having or marked by narrow strips of different color : having or marked by bands

Full Definition of BANDED

:  having or marked with bands
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First Known Use of BANDED

1787

Related to BANDED

Synonyms
striped, barred, streaked

Rhymes with BANDED

branded, candid, handed, landed, stranded

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34 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. banded
  2. band
  3. banded anteater
  4. banded drum
  5. banded duiker
  6. banded iron formation
  7. banded krait
  8. banded leaf monkey
  9. banded mackerel
  10. banded mongoose
  11. banded olive snake
  12. banded palm civet
  13. banded pickerel
  14. banded purple
  15. banded rattlesnake
  16. banded rudderfish
  17. banded spindle
  18. banded stilt
  19. banded structure
  20. banded sunfish
  21. banded veins
  22. banded water snake
  23. banded whelk
  24. black-banded snake
  25. black-banded sunfish
  26. brown-banded cockroach
  27. brown-banded snake
  28. golden-banded lily
  29. nine-banded armadillo
  30. red-banded leaf roller
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