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View synonyms for punctate

punctate

[ puhngk-teyt ]

adjective

  1. marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.


punctate

/ ˈpʌŋkteɪt /

adjective

  1. having or marked with minute spots, holes, or depressions
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Derived Forms

  • puncˈtation, noun
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Other Words From

  • un·punc·tate adjective
  • un·punc·tat·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of punctate1

1750–60; < New Latin pūnctātus dotted, equivalent to Latin pūnct ( um ) point, dot + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of punctate1

C18: from New Latin punctātus, from Latin punctum a point
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Example Sentences

Propodeum openly rugoso-punctate, the median channel single, distinct, no median basin.

Operative—scarification, either punctate or linear, and erosion with the curette.

In fact, it differs from Stephanopyxis, which is also sometimes punctate, only in the absence of spines.

Valve lanceolate, somewhat unsymmetrical, subtly punctate, with pseudoraphe quite distinct.

Valve linear, capitate at each end and tumid in the middle; stri distinctly punctate; pseudoraphe indistinct, or not apparent.

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