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flabellate

[ fluh-bel-it, -eyt ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.
  1. being in the shape of a fan; fan-shaped.


flabellate

/ -eɪt; fləˈbɛlɪt; fləˈbɛlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. biology shaped like a fan


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flabellate1

1810–20; < Latin flābell ( um ) fan + -ate 1

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