flabellate

English

A flabellate antenna
Flabellate leaf form.

Etymology

From Latin flabellum + -ate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fləˈbɛlət/

Adjective

flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate)

  1. (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.

Translations

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.

Italian

Adjective

flabellate

  1. feminine plural of flabellato

Latin

Adjective

flābellāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of flābellātus
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