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.
Examples of identifying mark/feature in a Sentence
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Just like fingerprints, your breathing patterns may be a unique identifying feature.
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Jay Kakade
june 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Amziah hatches a plan using propane heaters to melt the honey out of the barrels to look for an identifying mark that could trace them back to their owner.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
His beautiful tattoo reduced to a macabre identifying mark.
—Melody Chiu, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The main identifying feature of ankylosing spondylitis is when joints that were once able to move freely in the spine become immobile.
—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
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Jay Kakade
june 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2025
Amziah hatches a plan using propane heaters to melt the honey out of the barrels to look for an identifying mark that could trace them back to their owner.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
His beautiful tattoo reduced to a macabre identifying mark.
—Melody Chiu, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The main identifying feature of ankylosing spondylitis is when joints that were once able to move freely in the spine become immobile.
—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
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“Identifying mark/feature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/identifying%20mark%2Ffeature. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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