- lamellar
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adjective
Date: 1794
1. composed of or arranged in lamellae
2. having the form of a thin plate <lamellar armor>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
lamellar
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Lamellar — Lam el*lar, a. [Cf. F. lamellaire.] Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamell[ae] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lamellar — (v. lat.), 1) tafelförmig, tafelig; 2) blatt od. plattenförmig … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Lamellar — Lamellar, lat. dtsch., tafel od. blattförmig; Lamellen, Blättchen; lamelliform, blätterartig … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
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