lamellate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛlət
Adjective[edit]
lamellate
- Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales.
- Having at least some component segments being lengthened on one side and flattened into circles, making these segments look like a stack of dinner plates.
- The dung beetle had lamellate antennae.
Usage notes[edit]
This term is used especially to describe certain insect antennae in which the last segments are so shaped into a compact club of flat plates. Lamellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.
Translations[edit]
composed of thin plates or scales
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Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lāmellāte