fenestrate
/ˈfɛnəstreɪt/
adjective
- Having openings, holes, or transparent areas like windows.
- Some seashells have a fenestrate pattern with tiny holes.
- The fenestrate design of the screen let air flow through while keeping insects out.
- The fenestrate leaves of the plant allow light to reach the forest floor.
- Relating to a type of fossil or rock with a network of small openings.
- The geologist identified the fenestrate structure in the limestone sample.
- The museum displayed a fenestrate fossil with a delicate, mesh-like pattern.
- Fenestrate bryozoans are common fossils in Paleozoic rocks.
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- To make an opening or openings in something; to perforate.
- The surgeon will fenestrate the bone to relieve pressure.
- In the lab, they fenestrate the membrane to allow fluid to pass through.
- The artist decided to fenestrate the metal sheet to create a light pattern.