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foraminated

foraminated adjective: having a small opening, or foramina.

Adjective

foraminated (not comparable)

  1. Having a small opening, or foramina.
    • foraminated shells
    • foraminated valve

Origin of foraminated

Latin foraminatus.

Questions about foraminated

What does foraminated mean?
Foraminated means having a small opening, or foramina.
What part of speech is foraminated?
Foraminated is an adjective.

Words near foraminated in the dictionary

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

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