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Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellæ. -- Lam"el*lar*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.

Composed of, or furnished with, thin plates or scales. See Illust. of Antennæ.

One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

A class of Mollusca including all those that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels, etc.

Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n.

Having antennæ terminating in a group of flat lamellæ; -- said of certain coleopterous insects.

A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.

Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.

Too mellow; overripe.

See Pall-mall.

In utter confusion; with confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.

The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]

The sea mew.

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes.

who is apt to find and frequent good tables; a parasite; a sponger. The epicure and the smell-feast. South.