lamella
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Its design, by Barcelona-based firm Barozzi Veiga, features a brick lamella facade that calls to mind an old radiator.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
Each lamella is transversely folded, and the folds are in turn folded, so that the respiratory surface is increased.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Gills or branchiae may be developed by parts of an appendage becoming thin-walled and vascular and either expanded into a thin lamella or ramified.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
Etym., lamella, the diminutive of lamina, plate, and fero, to bear.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The white matter lies in the interior of the organ, and extends into the core of each lamella.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Each osteon consists of lamellae, which are layers of compact matrix that surround a central canal called the Haversian canal.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
But the disk couldn’t suction with individual lamellae, making it vulnerable to falling off.
From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022
Remoras use lamellae, slatlike bones encased in soft tissue, and spinules, rows of hard teethlike tissue to create tight suction.
From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022
Along the lamellae are small openings called lacunae.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
There are 21 and 23 lamellae beneath the fourth toe; each has 31 longitudinal rows of scales around the body.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by Duellman, William E.
