flabellum
noun
fla·bel·lum
fləˈbeləm
plural flabella
-elə
1
: a ceremonial fan:
a
: a fan used in religious ceremonies
b
: a fan displayed on state occasions among the appurtenances of certain dignitaries (as a pope or formerly a bishop or royal personage)
2
[New Latin, from Latin] : a body organ or part that resembles a fan: such as
a
: the epipodite of certain limbs of crustaceans
b
: the proximal exite of the limb of a branchiopod
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Latin, fan, diminutive of flabrum breeze, from flare to blow
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- carpenter
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- carpenter moth
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