flabellate

English

A flabellate antenna

Flabellate leaf form.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin flabellum + -ate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fləˈbɛlət/

Adjective

flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)

1. (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.

Translations

fan-shaped

• Bulgarian: ветриловиден (vetriloviden)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: viuhkamainen (fi)

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.

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Italian

Adjective

flabellate

1. feminine plural of flabellato

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) flābellāte

1. vocative masculine singular of flābellātus