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Webster 1913 Edition

Punctated

{

Punc′ta-ted

,

Punc′ta-ted

, }

Adj.

[From L.

punctum

point. See

.]

1.

Pointed; ending in a point or points.

2.

(Nat. Hist.)

Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.