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fla⋅bel⋅lum

  [fluh-bel-uhm]
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–noun, plural -bel⋅la  [-bel-uh] .
1. a fan, esp. one used in religious ceremonies.
2. a fan-shaped part.
Origin:
1865–70; < L flābellum fan, dim. of flābra breezes, equiv. to flā(re) to blow 2 + -bra, pl. of -brum n. suffix of means; see castellum for formation
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fla·bel·lum   (flə-běl'əm)   
n.   pl. fla·bel·la (-běl'ə)
A fan-shaped anatomical structure.

[Latin flābellum, fan, diminutive of flābra, breeze, from flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
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