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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