fenestrate

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin fenestrātus, perfect passive participle of fenestrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from fenestra (“window”). ==== Adjective ==== fenestrate (comparative more fenestrate, superlative most fenestrate) fenestrated Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated. (zoology, botany) Having transparent spots, like the wings of certain butterflies. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== fenestrate (third-person singular simple present fenestrates, present participle fenestrating, simple past and past participle fenestrated) (surgery) To cut an opening into. ===== Related terms ===== fenestration ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from Fenestrata, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== fenestrate (plural fenestrates) (paleontology) Any extinct bryozoan in the order Fenestrida (also known as Fenestrata). Synonym: fenestrid == Italian == === Adjective === fenestrate feminine plural of fenestrato === Anagrams === tanfereste == Latin == === Adjective === fenestrāte vocative masculine singular of fenestrātus