Catagraph
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Catagraph is a noun meaning A structure made from the traces of canals or cavities believed to be produced by cyanophytes or bacteria during the Late Precambrian and Lower Cambrian eras.
Meaning
A structure made from the traces of canals or cavities believed to be produced by cyanophytes or bacteria during the Late Precambrian and Lower Cambrian eras.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A rough draft of a picture; an outline or sketch.
- (obsolete) A brief, incomplete description; an outline.
Example Sentences
These pages are only a catagraph after all.
till to A picture's first rude catagraph, the art Of an ingenious pencil doth impart Each complement of skill;
Somewhat maye this catagraph or portrature following serve to expresse the presentment of this great king Powhatan.
Reader, in this little volume— a catagraph— the career of Lafayette from early boyhood to his lamented death has been traced.
Word Forms
- catagraphs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kitcat, cathodegraph, cervigraph, categise, calcography, catling.
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