granose

English edit

granose (comparative more granose, superlative most granose)

Having the form of a string of grains or beads, as the antennæ of some insects or the ridges of some conch shells.
- 1831, Georges baron Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille, translated by Henry M'Murtrie, The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, volume 3, G. & C. & H. Carvill, page 481:
  Those species in which the antennæ gradually enlarge and are either wholly or partly almost granose, with the last joint avoid or oval; in which the head projects but little before, and is prolonged and insensibly rounded behind; and where the thorax is almost cylindrical or square, compose our genus LAGRIA properly so called (1).
- 1884, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, B. Sharp, George Washington Tryon, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systemic; with Illustrations of the Species, page 74:
  Shell somewhat fusiform, conical, granose throughout, ridged at the base, spire slightly channeled, finely coronated at the edge; white, tinged with light brown at the base and apex. Length 1 inch.

granose