fenestrate

Borrowed from Latin fenestrātus, perfect passive participle of fenestrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from fenestra (“window”).

fenestrate (comparative more fenestrate, superlative most fenestrate)

1. fenestrated
2. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated.

   fenestrate membranes

   fenestrate fronds

3. (zoology, botany) Having transparent spots, like the wings of certain butterflies.

fenestrate (third-person singular simple present fenestrates, present participle fenestrating, simple past and past participle fenestrated)

1. (surgery) To cut an opening into.

• fenestration

Back-formation from Fenestrata, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

fenestrate (plural fenestrates)

1. (paleontology) Any extinct bryozoan in the order Fenestrida (also known as Fenestrata).

   Synonym: fenestrid

fenestrate

1. feminine plural of fenestrato

• tanfereste

fenestrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of fenestrātus