lamellate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lamella + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]composed of thin plates or scales
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Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lāmellāte