micropuncture

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ puncture

Noun

micropuncture (plural micropunctures)

1. A very small puncture
   • 1982, Bulletin, volumes 81-82, page 81:

     Parapsis shiny, with close micropunctures and sparse coarse punctures; mesoscutal disc shiny, with sparse micropunctures, nearly impunctate in middle.

Verb

micropuncture (third-person singular simple present micropunctures, present participle micropuncturing, simple past and past participle micropunctured)

1. To make a very small puncture