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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having, composed of, or arranged in lamellae.
  • adjective Resembling a lamella.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Formed of a lamella, or disposed in lamellæ); lamellar in structure or arrangement.
  • Having lamellæ furnished with little laminæ).

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

  • adjective Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of antennæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales.
  • adjective Having at least some component segments being lengthened on one side and flattened into circles, making these segments look like a stack of dinner plates.

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  • –adjective

    1. composed of or having lamellae.

    2. flat; platelike.

    July 3, 2009