Definition of fenestrate in English:
fenestrate
adjective ˈfɛnəstrətfɪˈnɛstrətˈfɛnəˌstreɪt
Zoology Botany Having small perforations or transparent areas.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the present study, we examine and contrast the meshwork geometries of colonies of the biserial fenestellid bryozoans with colonies of the uniserial fenestrate graptolite Dictyonema.
- However, comparison of these extant hemichordates with the erect, fenestrate colonies of Dictyonema is problematical.
- Unlike fenestrate bryozoans, in fenestrate graptolites there is only one row of autozooids per branch.
- Unexpectedly primitive features include toothed adsymphysial and intercoronoid fossa with fenestrate floor.
- Sometimes an unusual and distinctive fenestrate texture is preserved when the outer surface of the xylem is exposed.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin fenestratus 'provided with openings', from the verb fenestrare.
Definition of fenestrate in US English:
fenestrate
adjectiveˈfɛnəˌstreɪtˈfenəˌstrāt
Botany Zoology Having small perforations or transparent areas.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the present study, we examine and contrast the meshwork geometries of colonies of the biserial fenestellid bryozoans with colonies of the uniserial fenestrate graptolite Dictyonema.
- Sometimes an unusual and distinctive fenestrate texture is preserved when the outer surface of the xylem is exposed.
- However, comparison of these extant hemichordates with the erect, fenestrate colonies of Dictyonema is problematical.
- Unexpectedly primitive features include toothed adsymphysial and intercoronoid fossa with fenestrate floor.
- Unlike fenestrate bryozoans, in fenestrate graptolites there is only one row of autozooids per branch.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin fenestratus ‘provided with openings’, from the verb fenestrare.