lamelliform

American  

[luh-mel-uh-fawrm] / ləˈmɛl əˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. shaped like a lamella; platelike; scalelike.

---

lamelliform British  

/ ləˈmɛlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. shaped like a lamella; platelike

   lamelliform antennae

---

Etymology

Origin of lamelliform

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

lamelliform

Rectal tracheal gills: lamelliform structures in the rectum of the nymphs of some Odonata, supplied with trachea and tracheoles and serving as respiratory organs.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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

Mr. Graves brought me a specimen of lamelliform granite attached to a mass of greenstone.

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

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

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