flabellate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /fləˈbɛlət/
[edit] Adjective
flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)
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- (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
[edit] Usage notes
This term is used to describe the antennae of several kinds of beetles, where the last segments are shaped like a deck of cards. Flabellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
flabellate f.
- Feminine plural form of flabellato