Flabellate

//fləˈbɛlət// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fan-shaped; having parts or segments that are flattened and lengthened on one side, such that they are long and narrow.

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin flābellātus (“fanlike”). By surface analysis, flabellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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