lamella
noun
a thin plate, scale, membrane, or layer, as of bone, tissue, or cell walls.
lamellated
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a word derived from
lamella.
lamellated,
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a variation of
lamellate.
lamellateadjectivecomposed of or having lamellae.
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Also located in the dermis of the skin are lamellated corpuscles, neurons with encapsulated nerve endings that respond to pressure and touch.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the system this would come at no great distance from the genus Serica, the compound lamellated joints are, I believe, the first noticed amongst Phyllophagous Coleoptera.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by George Grey
In answer, it may be asked, why should not the early progenitors of the whales with baleen have possessed a mouth constructed something like the lamellated beak of a duck?
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
We picked up likewise very large acorns with a depressed lamellated cap, and two fruits of Castanea, one probably the same with that from Myrung.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
It seemed to be lamellated, but the lamellae were placed vertically, sometimes radiated with a diameter of four or five feet, and sometimes they were placed parallel.
From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins
Also located in the dermis of the skin are lamellated corpuscles, neurons with encapsulated nerve endings that respond to pressure and touch.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In the system this would come at no great distance from the genus Serica, the compound lamellated joints are, I believe, the first noticed amongst Phyllophagous Coleoptera.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by George Grey
Beak lamellated at the margin, convex, obtuse: 45 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
It seemed to be lamellated, but the lamellae were placed vertically, sometimes radiated with a diameter of four or five feet, and sometimes they were placed parallel.
From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins
We picked up likewise very large acorns with a depressed lamellated cap, and two fruits of Castanea, one probably the same with that from Myrung.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
