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lamel

lamel is the alternative form of lamella.

Meaning of lamella

Noun

lamella (plural lamellas or lamellae)

  1. A thin, plate-like structure.
    • The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32
    Synonyms:
    lame, lamina
    1. The gill of a mushroom.

Forms of lamel

plurallamels

Questions about lamel

What is lamel the alternative form of?
Lamel is the alternative form of lamella.

Words near lamel in the dictionary

  1. lameds
  2. lameduck
  3. lameducks
  4. lamehead
  5. lameheads
  6. lamel
  7. lamella
  8. lamellae
  9. lamellaphone
  10. lamellaphones
  11. lamellar

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