lamiinæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. lam i (a); Latin fem. pl. adj. sufr. -inæ.] Entom.: A sub family of Cerambycide. It consists of beetles with long antenne, with a vertical forehead generally at right angles to the axis of the body. They are found on the wood of trees, and are often so variegated in color with adpre ed hairs as to resemble the wood on which they live. Some tropical species, however, are brightly col ored. lăm-in-a ( pl. lăm'-1-næ), s. [Lat.] I. Ord. Lang.: A thin plate or scale; a plate or thin piece of metal; a thin slice of wood used for decorative purposes, or of ivory for the painter; veneer of all kinds. II. Technically: 1. Anatomy: (1) A plate; as, the lam inæ of the vertebræ. (2) A layer; as, the lamina cinerea (gray layer), which connects the corpus callosum and the commi ure of the cerebrum. 2. Bot . The blade or expanded surface of a leaf; the leaf of a plant without its petiole. 3. Geol.: A term used of the smaller layers into which a stratum is divided. lăm-in-a-bil-1-ty, s. [Eng. laminable; -ity.] The quality or state of being laminable. lăm-in-a-ble, a . [Eng. lam in (a); -able .] Capable of being formed into lamine or thin plates; capable of being extended into thin plates by pre ure between steel or iron rollers.