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micropuncture

micropuncture noun: a very small puncture.

Noun

micropuncture (plural micropunctures)

  1. A very small puncture
    • Parapsis shiny, with close micropunctures and sparse coarse punctures; mesoscutal disc shiny, with sparse micropunctures, nearly impunctate in middle.1982, Bulletin, volumes 81-82, page 81

Verb

micropuncture (third-person singular simple present micropunctures, present participle micropuncturing, simple past and past participle micropunctured)

  1. To make a very small puncture

Forms of micropuncture

Noun
pluralmicropunctures
Verb
third-person singular presentmicropunctures
present participlemicropuncturing
past participlemicropunctured
pastmicropunctured

Origin of micropuncture

From micro- + puncture.

Questions about micropuncture

What does micropuncture mean?
Micropuncture means a very small puncture.
What part of speech is micropuncture?
Micropuncture can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of micropuncture?
The plural of micropuncture is micropunctures.

Words near micropuncture in the dictionary

  1. micropunched
  2. micropunches
  3. micropunching
  4. micropunctate
  5. micropuncturation
  6. micropuncture
  7. micropunctured
  8. micropunctures
  9. micropuncturing
  10. micropurchase
  11. micropurchases

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