a. [ad. mod.L. lāmellātus: see LAMELLA and -ATE2.] Furnished with or arranged in lamellæ; lamellar.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 311. Lamellate (Lamellati), when the last joint is divided into transverse lamellæ.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 359. Cones acervate and proceeding from lamellate cells.
Hence Lamellately adv.
1846. Dana, Zooph., iv. § 48 (1848), 54. The lamellæ of the stars in an Astræa extend throughout the interstitial spaces between the cells, striating lamellately the surface.