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"Argent, a fess gules" describes the red (gules) stripe (fess) on the silver (argent) field.

Argent, a Fess Gules

"Argent, a fess gules" describes the red (gules) stripe (fess) on the silver (argent) field.

Narrower horizontal stripe on shield

Heraldry, Bar

Narrower horizontal stripe on shield

Bend, slanted stripe on shield.

Heraldry, Bend

Bend, slanted stripe on shield.

Fesse, broader horizontal stripe

Heraldry, Fesse

Fesse, broader horizontal stripe

Pale, vertical stripe on shield

Heraldry, Pale

Pale, vertical stripe on shield

Paly, vertical stripes

Heraldry, Paly

Paly, vertical stripes

"The effect of horizontal movement in shortening figure as eye travels from side to side." —Kinne, 1920

Horizontal effect

"The effect of horizontal movement in shortening figure as eye travels from side to side." —Kinne,…

An Australian shield.

Australian shield

An Australian shield.

"A fetid animal of the American genus <i>Mephitis, M. mephitica</i>... The animal inhabits all of temperate North America, and continues abundant in the most thickly settled regions. It is about as large as a house-cat, but stouter-bodied, with shorter limbs, and very long bushy tail, habitually erected or turned over the back. The color is black or blackish, conspicuously but to a variable extent set off with pure white- generally as a frontal stripe, a large crown-spot, a pair of broad divergent bands along the side of the back, and white hairs mixed with the black ones of the tail." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Common Skunk

"A fetid animal of the American genus Mephitis, M. mephitica... The animal inhabits all of temperate…

An African equid best known for their distinctive black and white stripes.

Zebra

An African equid best known for their distinctive black and white stripes.