cribriform

Adjective

cribriform (comparative more cribriform, superlative most cribriform)

1. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
   • the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress
   • "To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—"
     "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left.
     —"And highly cribriform...1876, Jules Verne, chapter 11, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon

   Synonyms:

   cribrous