lamellate

English

Etymology

From lamella +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlət

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.

Usage notes

This term is used especially to describe certain insect antennae in which the last segments are so shaped into a compact club of flat plates. Lamellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.

Related terms

• lame (“thin plate”)
• lamella
• lamellar
• lamellation
• lamina
• laminate
• laminated
• lamination
• multilamellate
• multilamellated

 

Translations

composed of thin plates or scales

• Polish: blaszkowaty (pl)

Latin

Adjective

lāmellāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lāmellātus