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RUGA
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Irregular inflected form: rugae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease
Example:
rugae of the stomach
Classified under:
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)