Laminate a.

[ad. mod.L. lāmināt-us: see next and -ATE².] Having the form of or consisting of a lamina or thin plate; furnished with a lamina or laminæ.

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1668. Wilkins, Real Char., II. v. § 6. 128. Exanguious animals … having a broad head with two short, broad, laminate prominencies from it.

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1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., IV. 300. Laminate Horn (Cornu laminatum), a horn dilated at its base into a flat plate. Ibid., 346. Laminate (laminatæ), when the posterior coxæ form a broad thin plate which covers the trochanter and the base of the thighs.

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1852. Dana, Crust., I. 316. Upper finger laminate.

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