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Meaning of cribrous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.

rare, usually

Examples

“At the posterior pole of the eye the sclera is pierced by the optic nerve, whose numerous bundles penetrate the coats of the eyeball and give to this portion of the sclera a cribrous appearance.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cricketing cricketless cricketlike crickety cricky cricoarytenoid

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