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foraminous

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fo⋅ram⋅i⋅nate

  [fuh-ram-uh-nit]
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–adjective
full of holes or foramina.
Also, fo⋅ram⋅i⋅nous.

Origin:
1590–1600; < LL forāminātus bored, pierced, equiv. to forāmin- (s. of forāmen) foramen + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
fo⋅ram⋅i⋅na⋅tion, noun
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fo·ra·men   (fə-rā'mən)   
n.   pl. fo·ram·i·na (-rām'ə-nə) or fo·ra·mens
An opening or orifice, as in a bone or in the covering of the ovule of a plant.

[Latin forāmen, an opening, from forāre, to bore.]
fo·ram'i·nal (-rām'ə-nəl), fo·ram'i·nous (-nəs) adj.
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