muricate

== English == === Alternative forms === muricated === Etymology === First attested in 1661; borrowed from Latin mūricātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from mūrex (“a pointed rock or stone”). === Adjective === muricate (biology) covered with short rough points or studs (mycology) covered with crystals === Anagrams === ceratium == Latin == === Adjective === mūricāte vocative masculine singular of mūricātus