ADJECTIVE (3)

1. identified with a band especially around a leg;
- Example: "kept watch for the return of their banded birds"

2. marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture;
- Example: "a banded rock"

3. characterized by a band of especially white around the body;
- Example: "banded cattle"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

patterned \patterned\ adj.
   Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
   [Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
   brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, checked,
   checkered, dappled, mottled, dotted, flecked, specked,
   speckled, stippled, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
   marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, pinstriped,
   pinstripe(prenominal), slashed, streaked, spotted,
   sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
   tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Band \Band\ (b[a^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Banding.]
   1. To bind or tie with a band.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To mark with a band.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. "Banded
      against his throne." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   Banded architrave, Banded pier, Banded shaft, etc.
      (Arch.), an architrave, pier, shaft, etc., of which the
      regular profile is interrupted by blocks or projections
      crossing it at right angles.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

banded
    adj 1: identified with a band especially around a leg; "kept
           watch for the return of their banded birds" [ant:
           unbanded]
    2: marked with bands or strips of contrasting color or texture;
       "a banded rock"
    3: characterized by a band of especially white around the body;
       "banded cattle"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "banded":
   barred, brinded, brindle, brindled, listed, marbled, marbleized,
   streaked, streaky, striatal, striate, striated, strigate, strigose,
   striolate, striped, stripy, tabby, veined, watered