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barred

adjective \ˈbärd\

: covered by a bar or a set of bars

: having bands or stripes of different color

Full Definition of BARRED

:  marked by or divided off by bars; especially :  having alternate bands of different color <a barred feather>
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First Known Use of BARRED

14th century

Related to BARRED

Synonyms
banded, striped, streaked
Antonyms
allowable, permissible, permissive, sufferable

Other Biology Terms

autochthonous, fecund, homunculus, phylogeny, substrate

Rhymes with BARRED

bard, card, chard, Dard, fard, guard, hard, lard, nard, pard, sard, shard, yard

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13 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. barred
  2. bar
  3. barred owl
  4. barred perch
  5. barred pickerel
  6. barred rock
  7. barred spiral
  8. barred stamp
  9. cross-barred shell
  10. no-holds-barred
  11. spot-barred
  12. statute-barred
  13. bar off
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