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Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin fenestratus, from fenestra Date: 1835 fenestrated

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Bot. & Zool. having small window-like perforations or transparent areas. Etymology: L fenestratus past part. of fenestrare f. fenestra window

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fenestrate Fe*nes"trate, a. [L. fenestratus, p. p. of fenestrare to furnish with openings and windows.] 1. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.