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

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 Fitzroy, Robert

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

Through the great lamelliform bee-hive it sent its waking clamour, the signal for rising to the new day's tasks.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie

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 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 Darwin, Charles