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lamellate

lamellate adjective: composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales.

Adjective

lamellate

  1. Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales.
  2. 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.

Origin of lamellate

From lamella + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from lamellate

Words that rhyme with lamellate

Questions about lamellate

What does lamellate mean?
Lamellate means composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales.
What part of speech is lamellate?
Lamellate is an adjective.

Words near lamellate in the dictionary

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

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