Definitions for punctate

punctate punc·tate

Spelling: [puhngk-teyt or puhngk-tey-tid]
IPA: /ˈpʌŋk teɪt or ˈpʌŋk teɪ tɪd/

Punctate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in punctate (acenpttu).

Definitions for punctate

adjective

  1. marked with points or dots; having minute spots or depressions.

Origin of punctate

1750-60; New Latin pūnctātus dotted, equivalent to Latin pūnct(um) point, dot + -ātus -ate1

Examples for punctate

Axial area absent on the dorsal side; dorsal stri, 10 in 10 , punctate.

All three shell specimens are edge-incised, and two have punctate designs.

Central nodule dilated to a stauros; stri transverse, punctate.

Valve lanceolate; cost slightly radiate, punctate; median area broad, lanceolate.

Stri lineate on the lower part of the valve, punctate on the keel.

Valve elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse at the apices; pseudoraphe indistinct; stri, 17 in 10 , punctate.

punctate, dotted, either with minute holes or what look as such.

Most of the specimens from the Edwards Plateau have a punctate pattern (Fig. 9).

Ventral part hyaline except at the ends, which are obliquely striated, with short, punctate lines.

Valve semicircular, with obtuse apices; stri transverse, punctate; terminal nodules minute and indistinct.

Word Value for punctate
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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