lamella noun. [lǝ'mɛlǝ] Pl. -llae [-li:], -llas. L17.
[Latin, dim. of lam(m)ina: see LAME noun².]
A thin plate, scale, layer, or film; any of the individual layers in a lamellar structure, as in some bones, shells, metals, rocks, etc.; spec. (a) any of the radiating gills of an agaric; (b) Zoology any of the sheets of tissue in the gill of an animal; (c) Botany any of the photosynthetic membranes in a chloroplast; (d) Ornithology any of the fine plates in the bill of a lamellirostral bird.
middle lamella: see MIDDLE adjective.

■ lamellate ['lam(ǝ)lǝt] adjective (a) lamellated; (b) Entomology (of an antenna) lamellicorn: E19.

■ lamellated ['lam(ǝ)leɪtɪd] adjective arranged in or having layers or thin sheets E18.

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