flabellate

[ fluh-bel-it, -eyt ]
/ fləˈbɛl ɪt, -eɪt /

adjective Botany, Zoology.

being in the shape of a fan; fan-shaped.
Also fla·bel·li·form [fluh-bel-uh-fawrm] /fləˈbɛl əˌfɔrm/.

Origin of flabellate

1810–20; < Latin flābell(um) fan + -ate1

Words nearby flabellate

British Dictionary definitions for flabellate

flabellate

flabelliform (fləˈbɛlɪˌfɔːm)

/ (fləˈbɛlɪt, -eɪt) /

adjective

biology shaped like a fan