lamellae
Gill tissue folds
Lamellae is the plural of lamella, meaning thin plates, layers, or membranes.
The term appears most often in biology and anatomy: the lamellae of bone tissue, the gill lamellae of mushrooms, the lamellae that give butterfly wings their iridescence.
The microscope revealed delicate lamellae stacked like pages of a book.
Flat eating dishes
- sheetsFlat expanses of material
- layersStacked levels or coatings
- membranesThin flexible tissue layers
- filmsProjected motion pictures
foils · flakes · leaflets · scales · shingles · spacers · partition · laminae
Aquatic respiratory organs
- nacreIridescent shell coating
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- keratinStructural hair protein
- cuticleDead skin at nail base
epidermis · dermis · coral · mollusks · fungi · chitin · cellulose · algae
Crumbly or unreliable
- paperyThin and dry-textured
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- filamentousComposed of thin strands
- featheryLight and soft-textured
translucent · sheer · layered · peeling · exfoliating · phyllo · croissant · millefeuille
Made of distinct parts
- laminationBonding sheets together
- veneerDecorative outer layer
- plywoodEngineered layered wood panels
- resinViscous plant secretion
polymer · layered · bonding · adhesive · delamination · stacking · interleaving · coating
Parallel geological layers
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- shaleCompacted clay sediment
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- bedrockSolid stone underground
fossils · deposition · outcrop · erosion · tectonics · paleontology · mica · slate
plates
Flat eating dishes
films · foils · flakes · leaflets · scales · shingles · spacers · partition · laminae · ridges
gills
Aquatic respiratory organs
cuticle · epidermis · dermis · coral · mollusks · fungi · chitin · cellulose · algae · xylem
flaky
Crumbly or unreliable
- paperyThin and dry-textured
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- filamentousComposed of thin strands
feathery · translucent · sheer · layered · peeling · exfoliating · phyllo · croissant · millefeuille · baklava
composite
Made of distinct parts
- laminationBonding sheets together
- veneerDecorative outer layer
- plywoodEngineered layered wood panels
resin · polymer · layered · bonding · adhesive · delamination · stacking · interleaving · coating · substrate
strata
Parallel geological layers
- sedimentationParticles settling in liquid
- shaleCompacted clay sediment
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
bedrock · fossils · deposition · outcrop · erosion · tectonics · paleontology · mica · slate · foliation
- mycologymycology, mushroom, toadstool, mycelium, mycorrhizae
- bird beaksbeak, bill, mandible, hooked beak, long bill
- lizard anatomyhead, tail, legs, feet, toes
- overlapping layersfish scales, shingles, roof tiles, imbrication, shingling
- reptile anatomyskeleton, bones, lungs, skull, ribs
- bone biologybone tissue, osteoblasts, osteoid, bone formation, ossification