banded

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
banded
    adj 1: identified with a band especially around a leg; "kept
           watch for the return of their banded birds" [ant:
           {unbanded}]
    2: marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture;
       "a banded rock"
    3: characterized by a band of especially white around the body;
       "banded cattle"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
patterned \patterned\ adj.
   Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
   [Narrower terms: {banded}, {blotched, blotchy, splotched},
   {brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby}, {burled}, {checked,
   checkered}, {dappled, mottled}, {dotted, flecked, specked,
   speckled, stippled}, {figured}, {floral, flowered}, {laced},
   {marbled, marbleized}, {moire, watered}, {pinstriped,
   pinstripe(prenominal)}, {slashed, streaked}, {spotted},
   {sprigged}, {streaked, streaky}, {striped, stripy},
   {tessellated}, {veined, venose}] {plain, solid}
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Band \Band\ (b[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Banded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Banding}.]
   1. To bind or tie with a band.
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   2. To mark with a band.
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   3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. "Banded
      against his throne." --Milton.
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   {Banded architrave}, {Banded pier}, {Banded shaft}, etc.
      (Arch.), an architrave, pier, shaft, etc., of which the
      regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections
      crossing it at right angles.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "banded":
      barred, brinded, brindle, brindled, listed, marbled, marbleized,
      streaked, streaky, striatal, striate, striated, strigate, strigose,
      striolate, striped, stripy, tabby, veined, watered

    

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