lamelloseadj.
/ləˈmɛləʊs/, U.S. /ləˈmɛˌloʊs/, /ˈlæməˌloʊs/, /ləˈmɛˌloʊz/, /ˈlæməˌloʊz/ Science.
Arranged in or composed of lamellæ.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective] > thin
foliated1650
laminated1665
foliate1683
leafy1684
lamellated1713
foliaceousa1728
squamousa1728
lamellose1752
lamellar1794
spathaceous1794
laminous1798
spathose1802
lamellous1803
spathic1803
laminar1811
lamellate1826
laminose1826
laminary1830
lamelliferous1832
laminiferous1834
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 418 The beak of the Anas is convex..the whole verge is furnished with transverse, lamellose teeth.
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 571 Glomerate or lamellose.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 237 Upper valve limpet-like, smooth or concentrically lamellose.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 266 The branchiæ are at the sides of the body,..mostly lamellose.
Compounds
lamellose-dentate adj. (also quasi-Latinlamelloso-dentate) having lamelliform teeth, as the bill of a duck.
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1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Lamellosodentatus..lamelloso-dentate.
1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. 383 Bill with margins lamellose-dentate internally.
lamellose-stellate adj. having lamellæ arranged in star-shaped groups.
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1856–8 W. Clark tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. I. 88 Polypary conical, with base acuminate, cell single, terminal, lamellose-stellate.
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