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
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
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 Sir Charles Lyell
Along the sutural border of the elytron, the chitinous lamella forms a tubular space within which are numerous glands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
These disjunctors serve as points of application for the elastic push of the swelling spore-ends, and as the connecting outer lamella of cell-wall suddenly gives way, the spores are jerked asunder.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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
But the disk couldn’t suction with individual lamellae, making it vulnerable to falling off.
From Science Magazine ● May 19, 2022
Along the lamellae are small openings called lacunae.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The bone is deposited along concentric rings called lamellae.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
It has numerous large flowers, which are pure white throughout, with the exception of the lamellae of the lip, which are yellow.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
