a. Zool. [f. TRI- + L. līneāt-us streaked, striped, f. līnea LINE: see -ATE2 2.] Marked with three lines or streaks. So Trilineated a.
1802. Shaw, Gen. Zool., III. 543. Trilineated Snake … marked throughout the whole length by three black lines or narrow stripes … Native of Africa. Ibid. (1803), IV. 472. Trilineated Sparus … with the body marked on each side by three longitudinal spotted brown lines.
1891. Cent. Dict., Trilineate.
