lamelliform

American  

[luh-mel-uh-fawrm] / ləˈmɛl əˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.

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lamelliform British  

/ ləˈmɛlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. shaped like a lamella; platelike

   lamelliform antennae

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Etymology

Origin of lamelliform

First recorded in 1810–20; lamelli- + -form

Example Sentences

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lamelliform

Thus in the male nautilus we find altogether sixty-two tentacles, the thirty-two additional tentacles of the female being represented by lamelliform structures.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

The lamelliform organ upon the inner inferior tentacular lobe of Nautilus is possibly also olfactory in function.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

In these, as in Patella, the typical ctenidia are aborted, and the branchial function is assumed by close-set lamelliform processes arranged in a series beneath the mantle-skirt on either side of the foot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

A little islet, off Dighton Cove, is composed of granite, of a lamelliform structure.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy

The sand brought up from these depths consisted of finely triturated fragments of stony zoophytes, but not, as far as I could distinguish, of a particle of any lamelliform genus: fragments of shells were rare.

From Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin