flabellate

From Latin flābellum +‎ -ate.

• IPA^(key): /fləˈbɛlət/
• Rhymes: -ɛlət

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.

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.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

flabellate

1. feminine plural of flabellato

flabellate f pl

1. feminine plural of flabellato

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

flabellate

1. inflection of flabellare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

flābellāte

1. vocative masculine singular of flābellātus