Cribrate a. World English Historical Dictionary

Cribrate a. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Cribrate a.

Nat. Hist. [f. L. crībrum sieve, after caudate, etc.: see -ATE2.] Perforated like a sieve with small holes.

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1846.  Dana, Zooph. (1848), 430. Thin cribrate parietes.

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