cribriform

comparative more cribriform · superlative most cribriform

1. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.

   the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress

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   "To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—" "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left. —"And highly cribriform superficies—" cried Barbican. —"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—" shouted the Captain.

   1876, Jules Verne, chapter 11, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon

   Synonyms: cribrous