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Punctate definition

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Having tiny spots, points, or depressions.
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Marked with dots or tiny spots, as certain plants and animals.
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Marked by spots, dots, points, or punctures.

Head and pronotum densely punctate and predominantly opaque, punctures on upper half of head mostly contiguous and without extensive shiny interspaces... (Keys to the Nearctic species of Pseudomyrmex)

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Origin of punctate

  • From Latin pūnctum prick mark from neuter past participle of pungere to prick punctuate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Punctate Sentence Examples

  • In 8 of 17 control subjects tested there was a mild punctate erythema; in the remainder there was no reaction.

  • Immunoreactivity within these neurons was diffuse, and finely granular or punctate.

  • With arthroscopic washings of the bone, one can often identify the exact location of the punctate bleeding.

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