Lamella

lä-mel′a, n. a thin plate or scale:— pl. Lamell′æ .— adjs. Lam′ellar , Lam′ellate .— n.pl. Lamellibranch iā′ta , a cla of shell-fishes or molluscs in which the shell consists of two limy plates, lying one on each side of the body.— adjs. Lamellibranch′iate ; Lamell′icorn .— n.pl. Lamellicor′nes , a very numerous family of beetles—the cockchafer, .— adjs. Lamellif′erous , producing lamellæ; Lamell′iform , lamellar in form; Lamelliros′tral , having a lamellose bill; Lam′ellose , full of lamellæ, lamellated in structure. [L.]