punctiform
/ˈpʌŋ(k)tɪfɔːm/Chiefly Botany, Zoology, and Medicine
adjective
1Having the form of or resembling a point, puncture, or dot; minute and circular.
2Formed of or having the appearance of a number of points or dots; dotted.
3 Physiology. Of a stimulus or sensation: applied or perceived at a single point.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Hull (1764–1843), physician and botanist. From classical Latin punctum + -iform.
- partridge
- partridgeberry
- partridge bird
- partridge-breast
- partridge-breasted aloe
- partridge cane
- partridge dance
- partridge dove
- partridge eye
- partridge feather
- partridge hackle
- partridge hawk
- partridge pea
- partridge pigeon
- partridge-wood
- partschinite
- part score
- part-singing
- part-skim
- scotophily
- Scotophobe
- Scotophobia
- scotophobic
- scotophobin
- scotophor