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lamella
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A lamella , or gill , is a papery hymenophore rib under the cap of some mushroom species, most often but not always agarics . The gills are used by the mushrooms as a means of spore dispersal , and are important for species identification . The attachment ...
Usage examples of lamella.
Then he took a thin lamella of polished silver, of about eight inches long, and slowly pushed it down till it had entered deep down in the throat.
Judge Dee left his seat and stood next to the corpse while the coroner drew the lamella out again.
Whether administered in the form of the official lamella or by subcutaneous injection, physostigmine causes a contraction of the pupil more marked than in the case of any other known drug.
Dee left his seat and stood next to the corpse while the coroner drew the lamella out again.
Wheeled vehicles were not used and armour, made both of mail and lamellae, or small metal strips threaded by leather thongs, was worn not only by the contingents traditionally furnished by nobles and high-ranking officials at the New Year tournaments but also by cavalry and infantry when it met the Younghusband Mission in 1903-4.
The jacket had wing epaulets, sewn with metal lamellae to protect the shoulders from sword cuts.
Over this regalia he battened an armor of ridged lamellae in which he swaggered for half a day until the heat became unbearable and, rather irresponsibly, he abandoned his outer casing under a tree like some drab cicada reaching adulthood.
Some were garbed in fantastic armor, which had been wrought in the time since the fateful day of the Closingharnesses whose lamellae gleamed with the sheen of nacre or emerald, with the polish of lamplight flaring on snow, of starlight dancing on water, of moonlight imaged in ice or sunset reflected in steel.
The amount of iridium and the fact that some of the shocked quartz has double lamellae, however, more strongly argue for an extraterrestrial source.
As ossification proceeds, the cup-shaped cavities are converted into closed interstices of bone, with extremely thin lamellae, or layers.
The parallel lamellae of assimilating cells which grow from the upper surface of the leaf in these and some other mosses probably serve to retain water in the neighbourhood of the assimilating cells and so prolong their activity.
To an unschooled observer, Abe Sapien appears to segue into a coma state, respirating less than one breath per minute through the delicate lamellae of his gillwork.
Not for feedingit had no digestive system, fueling itself by pumping sulfiderich water through internal lamellae dense with symbiotic carbon-fixing symbiotic bacteriabut for attack.
The riders wore full armor of chain and splints, with lamellae protecting their arms and legs.
The mechanic cause is the presence of air between the lamellae of the affected parts, but their origin is unknown.