The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punctated
Punctated \Punc"ta*ted\, Punctated \Punc"ta*ted\, a. [From L. punctum point. See Point .]
Pointed; ending in a point or points.
(Nat. Hist.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.
Wiktionary
punctated
a. 1 pointed; ending in a point or points 2 (context biology English) dotted with small spots of colour, or with minute depressions or pits
Usage examples of "punctated".
Dolphin's Barn: the transliterated name and address of the addresser of the 3 letters in reversed alphabetic boustrophedonic punctated quadrilinear cryptogram (vowels suppressed) N.