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flabellate

/fləˈbɛlət/

flabellate adjective: fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.

flabellate: fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they...
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Adjective

flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)

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

Forms of flabellate

comparativemore flabellate
superlativemost flabellate

Origin of flabellate

Borrowed from New Latin flābellātus (“fanlike”). By surface analysis, flabell(um) (“fan-shaped structure”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from flabellate

Words that rhyme with flabellate

Questions about flabellate

What does flabellate mean?
Flabellate means fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
What part of speech is flabellate?
Flabellate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flabellate?
Flabellate is pronounced /fləˈbɛlət/.

Words near flabellate in the dictionary

  1. flabbiness
  2. flabbinesses
  3. flabby
  4. flabel
  5. flabella
  6. flabellate
  7. flabellately
  8. flabellation
  9. flabellations
  10. flabellid
  11. flabellids

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