flabellate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin flābellātus (“fanlike”). By surface analysis, flabellum +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fləˈbɛlət/ Rhymes: -ɛlət === Adjective === flabellate (comparative more flabellate, superlative most flabellate) (botany, zoology) Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow. [from 1819] ==== Usage notes ==== This term is used to describe the antennae of several kinds of beetles, where the last segments are shaped like a deck of cards. Flabellate antennae are a form of clubbed, or clavate antennae. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== flabellate feminine plural of flabellato ==== Participle ==== flabellate f pl feminine plural of flabellato === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== flabellate inflection of flabellare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative == Latin == === Adjective === flābellāte vocative masculine singular of flābellātus