micropuncture

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ puncture

Noun

micropuncture (plural micropunctures)

  1. A very small puncture
    • 1982, Bulletin, volumes 81-82, page 81:
      Parapsis shiny, with close micropunctures and sparse coarse punctures; mesoscutal disc shiny, with sparse micropunctures, nearly impunctate in middle.

Verb

micropuncture (third-person singular simple present micropunctures, present participle micropuncturing, simple past and past participle micropunctured)

  1. To make a very small puncture
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