a. Bot. and Zool. [f. L. flābell-um fan + -(I)FORM.] Having the form of a fan, fan-like.
1777. Miller, in Phil. Trans., LXVIII. 179. A palm with flabelliform leaves.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 295. Antennæ flabelliform or pectinated.
1861. Hulme, trans. Moquin-Tandon, II. vii. 408. They [Trichomonas vaginalis] have an anterior flabelliform filament (sometimes two, rarely three), thick at is base, flexible, and about 1/1000 of an inch in length.
1880. C. & F. Darwin, Movem. Pl., 206. The branches are flat, or flabelliform.
