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foraminated, ppl. a.|fɒˈræmɪneɪtɪd|
[f. L. forāmināt-us (see foraminate a.) + -ed1.]
Bored, pierced, perforated: see also quot. 1839.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 28/1 Fine totalle and not foraminated pearles. 1728R. North Mem. Mus. (1846) 37 Pipes..foraminated for changing the tone when there was occasion. 1839Roberts Dict. Geol., Foraminated..Applied to a shell, the chambers of which are united by a small perforation or foramen. 1854Woodward Mollusca ii. 229 Orthidæ: Shell transversely oblong, depressed, rarely foraminated. |