flabellate
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)
- (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.
Usage notes
This term is used to describe the antennae of several kinds of beetles, where the last segments are shaped like a deck of cards. Flabellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae.
Translations
fan-shaped
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Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
flabellate
Participle
flabellate f pl
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
flabellate
- inflection of flabellare:
Adjective
flābellāte
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