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flabellum
[ fluh-bel-uhm ]
noun
- a fan, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
- a fan-shaped part.
flabellum
/ fləˈbɛləm /
noun
- a fan-shaped organ or part, such as the tip of the proboscis of a honeybee
- RC Church a large ceremonial fan
Word History and Origins
Origin of flabellum1
Word History and Origins
Origin of flabellum1
Example Sentences
The large organ of the flabellum and the branchial organs he has not taken into consideration.
A special sense-organ, such as the flabellum of Limulus or the pecten of scorpion, remains and gives rise to the auditory organ.
Upon the completion of the victory, four fan-bearers, each with crook and flabellum, offer the spoils of conquest to the king.
There is also in the same collection a capital of morse ivory for the handle of a flabellum, North German, twelfth century.
A portion of the cylindrical stem of a flabellum or aspergillum, probably French of the twelfth century, is in the British Museum.
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