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RUGA (rugae)

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Irregular inflected form: rugae  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ruga mean? 

RUGA (noun)
  The noun RUGA has 1 sense:

1. (anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or creaseplay

  Familiarity information: RUGA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUGA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(anatomy) a fold or wrinkle or crease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Context example:

rugae of the stomach

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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