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foraminate

foraminate adjective: having foramina or openings.

Adjective

foraminate (comparative more foraminate, superlative most foraminate)

  1. Having foramina or openings.

Forms of foraminate

comparativemore foraminate
superlativemost foraminate

Origin of foraminate

Borrowed from Late Latin forāminātus, from forāmen + -ātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about foraminate

What does foraminate mean?
Foraminate means having foramina or openings.
What part of speech is foraminate?
Foraminate is an adjective.

Words near foraminate in the dictionary

  1. foramina magna
  2. foramina of Monro
  3. foramina spinosa
  4. foraminal
  5. foraminally
  6. foraminate
  7. foraminated
  8. foramination
  9. foraminations
  10. foraminifer
  11. foraminifera

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