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Pronunciation : Lam"i*na
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : 1. A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The blade of a leaf; the broad, expanded portion of a petal or sepal of a flower. Gray.

3. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A thin plate or scale; specif., one of the thin, flat processes composing the vane of a feather.

pl. L. Lamella.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913