flabellate

[ fluh-bel-it, -eyt ]

adjectiveBotany, Zoology.

being in the shape of a fan; fan-shaped.

Origin of flabellate

1810–20; <Latin flābell(um) fan + -ate¹

Also fla·bel·li·form [fluh-bel-uh-fawrm]. /fləˈbɛl əˌfɔrm/.

Words Nearby flabellate

Fla.
flab
flabbergast
flabbergasted
flabby
flabellate
flabelli-
flabellum
flaccid
flaccidity
flack

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British Dictionary definitions for flabellate

flabellate

flabelliform (fləˈbɛlɪˌfɔːm)

/ (fləˈbɛlɪt, -eɪt) /

adjective

biology shaped like a fan

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