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punctatrix
punctatrix
Translingual
Noun
punctatrix f
- (archaic) Formerly used attributively as a species epithet; that marks with dots.
- 1908, The Indian Forester (R.P. Sharma), volume 34, page 56
- [T]he ladybird (Coccinella bipunctata) was introduced to prey on the cottony cushion scale (Icerya punctatrix) with entire success.
- 1908, The Indian Forester (R.P. Sharma), volume 34, page 56