Word Meanings - LAMELLARY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.

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• LAMELLICORNIA
  A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.
• LAMELLIBRANCHIATE
  Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n.
• LAMELLA
  a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.
• LAMELLIBRANCH
  One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• LAMELLIBRANCHIA; LAMELLIBRANCHIATA
  A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc. Note: They usually have two flat, lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the
• LAMELLIFORM
  Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.
• LAMELLATE; LAMELLATED
  Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ.
• LAMELLICORN
  A lamellicorn insect. (more info) Having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. Terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of antennæ. -- n.
• LAMELLARY
  Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.
• LAMELLIFEROUS
  Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.
• LAMELLOSE
  Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.
• LAMELLAR; LAMELLARLY
  Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellæ. -- Lam"el*lar*ly, adv.
• LAMELLIROSTRES
  A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.
• LAMELLIROSTRAL
  Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.
• INTERLAMELLAR; INTERLAMINAR
  Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.
• BILAMELLATE; BILAMELLATED
  Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach