Definition of Lamellate

1. a. Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ.

Definition of Lamellate

1. Adjective. 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lamellate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Lamellate

1. Made up of thin plates or lamina. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamellate

lamella of bone
lamellae
lamellar
lamellar bone
lamellar cataract
lamellar face
lamellar faces
lamellar granule
lamellar keratoplasty
lamellar mixture
lamellar phase
lamellar trama
lamellary
lamellas
lamellate (current term)
lamellate placentation
lamellated
lamellated corpuscles
lamellately
lamellibranch
lamellibranchiata
lamellibranchiate
lamellibranchiates
lamellibranchs
lamellicorn
lamellicorn beetle
lamellicornia
lamellicorns
lamelliferous

Literary usage of Lamellate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"... Vlg. Ml. where the enlarged terminal joints give a rounded club-shaped termination ; lamellate, when the terminal joints are prolonged internally, ..."

2. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"the outer of long linear or lanceolate teeth, closely articulate below, lamellate inside ; the inner a carinate membrane ascending to the middle of the ..."

3. Entomologia Edinensis: Or A Description and History of the Insects Found in by James Wilson, James Duncan (1834)
"... 6th transverse, the remainder forming an elongate lamellate club : maxillary palpi with the terminal joint considerably longest, and most robust, ..."

4. Forest flora of British Burma by Sulpice Kurz (1877)
"... lamellate within, the borders obsoletely sinuate-4-angular; berries globular, ... lamellate within; petals nearly a line long ; berries globular, ..."

5. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"... 196 — bent abruptly downward ncnr its middle, and lamellate, ... lamellate, nostrils nol tubular, (n) (k) Tail graduated, and middle feathers shorter ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1886)
"The lamellate limbs are situated in the specimen at the posterior end of the carapace ; probably ... Of the lamellate limbs there are traces of four pairs. ..."

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