Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not punctate; not marked with points. Also
impunctured . - Having no punctæ or perforations; imperforate: technically applied to the shells of Brachiopoda, which may be either punctate or impunctate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not punctate or dotted.
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- adjective anatomy not
punctate (that is, not marked byspots ,dots ,points , orpunctures ). - adjective biology Lacking
pores .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thorax finely punctured, with the disk of the mesothorax impunctate; wings dark brown with a rich coppery iridescence.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The head with a few punctures behind the ocelli; the thorax with scattered punctures; the metathorax finely but not closely punctured; the disk of the mesothorax impunctate; the abdomen with fine scattered punctures; the apical segment opake, rugose, and with its apical margin pale testaceous; the abdomen beneath with strong distant punctures.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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The head, thorax, legs and base of the abdomen smooth and shining; the abdomen, except at the base, finely punctured; a transverse impressed row of punctures a little before the apical margin of each segment, and the space between impunctate.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Thorax finely punctured, the disk of the mesothorax impunctate; wings dark brown with
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Thorax punctured, the disk of the mesothorax impunctate, the punctures wide apart on the scutellum and metathorax; the wings dark brown with a coppery iridescence, which has a remarkable dimness as if breathed upon.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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Abdomen: the apical margins of the segments smooth, impunctate, their basal margins very deeply depressed; a deep fovea at the tip of the apical segment; the head, thorax, and abdomen clothed beneath with short cinereous pubescence.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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