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Meaning of LITURATE

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lit"u*rate\, a. [L. lituratus, p. p. of liturare to
erase, fr. litura a blur.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their
   margins.

2. (Bot.) Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.

 

 

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