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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entomology, having short joints, as an antenna, each provided on two opposite sides with a very long, somewhat flattened process, the processes lying close together, so that the whole organ is somewhat fan-like. It is an extreme modification of the bipectinate type.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Flabellate on both sides.

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  • adjective zoology flabellate on both sides

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ flabellate

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