From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   Will in New Haven  wrote:   
      
   > > I have no reason to believe that it's being used here to   
   > > mean 'etch'.  'Reticulated' describes (in general terms) the   
   > > nature of the etching, not the fact of it.  Of course it's   
   > > entirely possible that the term was being misused, but your   
   > > sample sentence lacks sufficient context for us to determine   
   > > whether that's the case.   
   >   
   > The first time I encountered reticulated was when I read about the   
   > reticulated python.   
      
   Me too.   
      
   > Whomever etched that sucker must have done it while   
   > it was young or sedated.   
      
   ::snrch!::   
   I'll say!   
      
      
      
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