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Remoras use lamellae, slatlike bones encased in soft tissue, and spinules, rows of hard teethlike tissue to create tight suction.

From Science Magazine • May 19, 2022

But the disk couldn’t suction with individual lamellae, making it vulnerable to falling off.

From Science Magazine • May 19, 2022

The bone is deposited along concentric rings called lamellae.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Lacunae are wide spaces in the rings between the lamellae.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

This is a partial and stationary form of cataract in which, while the greater part of the lens retains its transparency, some of the lamellae are intransparent.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various