identifying mark/feature
noun
: a mark or feature that shows who someone is or what something is
The large mustache was an identifying feature of the man.
The police detective put a small identifying mark on the envelope.
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The main identifying feature of ankylosing spondylitis is when joints that were once able to move freely in the spine become immobile.
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Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 21 Jan. 2022
Another identifying feature is that Thanksgiving cacti have yellow anthers, which bear the pollen, on their flowers.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 July 2021
The obvious identifying feature, of course, is that cacti typically have sharp spines.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 12 June 2023
Tattoos and certain street clothing, however, are listed as an identifying feature of a gang member.
—John Sharp | , al, 24 Apr. 2023
The crack across its front surface, recognizable as the point from which a fluorescent green light seems to emanate in that 1991 trailer, is the identifying feature from which Lintelman determined its origin.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
Yet in so many of the reports about the tragic shooting, the identifying feature that blared the loudest was the fact that the three who were killed played football.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
The building would have a central tower accented by faux stained glass, designed to be an identifying feature for the Urban Pioneer.
—Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
Magee’s identifying mark was a missing fingertip on the pinkie of his right hand—a bomb-maker’s occupational hazard.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
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Colleen Stinchcombe, Health.com, 21 Jan. 2022
Another identifying feature is that Thanksgiving cacti have yellow anthers, which bear the pollen, on their flowers.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 26 July 2021
The obvious identifying feature, of course, is that cacti typically have sharp spines.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 12 June 2023
Tattoos and certain street clothing, however, are listed as an identifying feature of a gang member.
—John Sharp | , al, 24 Apr. 2023
The crack across its front surface, recognizable as the point from which a fluorescent green light seems to emanate in that 1991 trailer, is the identifying feature from which Lintelman determined its origin.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
Yet in so many of the reports about the tragic shooting, the identifying feature that blared the loudest was the fact that the three who were killed played football.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
The building would have a central tower accented by faux stained glass, designed to be an identifying feature for the Urban Pioneer.
—Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
Magee’s identifying mark was a missing fingertip on the pinkie of his right hand—a bomb-maker’s occupational hazard.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
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“Identifying mark/feature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identifying%20mark%2Ffeature. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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