lamelliform
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of lamelliform
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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