flabellate
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Adjective edit
flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)
- (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
Usage notes edit
This term is used to describe the antennae of several kinds of beetles, where the last segments are shaped like a deck of cards. Flabellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.
Translations edit
fan-shaped
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Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
flabellate
Participle edit
flabellate f pl
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
flabellate
- inflection of flabellare:
Latin edit
Adjective edit
flābellāte