lamellate

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lamellate

  1. 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.

[edit] Usage notes

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.

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