FLABELLA

Noun

flabella

plural of flabellum

Source: Wiktionary


FLABELLUM

Fla*bel"lum, n. Etym: [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.)

Definition: A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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