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lamellary

lamellary is the alternative form of lamellar.

Meaning of lamellar

Adjective

lamellar (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a lamella, plate-like, flat and thin.
    • Like scale armor (see cat, no. 38), lamellar armor was widely used in the ancient world, possibly originating in the Near East and spreading rapidly throughout Asia. Lamellar differs from scale armor in two principal ways.2002, Stuart W. Pyhrr, Donald J. LaRocca, Morihiro Ogawa, Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions, 1991-2002, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 45

Forms of lamellary

comparativemore lamellary
superlativemost lamellary

Questions about lamellary

What is lamellary the alternative form of?
Lamellary is the alternative form of lamellar.

Words near lamellary in the dictionary

  1. lamellar tramas
  2. lamellariid
  3. lamellariids
  4. lamellarity
  5. lamellarly
  6. lamellary
  7. lamellas
  8. lamellate
  9. lamellated
  10. lamellately
  11. lamellation

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