This word means "looks like a net," and is used to describe the pattern of spots on some animals For example, there are reticulated giraffes and reticulated pythons
forming or covered with a pattern of squares and lines that looks like a net (reticulatus, from reticulum )
Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect
resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system"
Having veins, fibers, or lines crossing like the threads or fibers of a network; as, a reticulate leaf; a reticulated surface; a reticulated wing of an insect
divide so as to form a network distribute by a network, as of water or electricity form a net or a network resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system