comb. form of LAMINA, as in Laminiferous a., ‘having a structure consisting of laminæ or layers’ (Ogilvie, 1851). Laminiform a., laminar in form or structure. Laminiplantar a. Ornith. [L. planta sole], having laminate tarsi; pertaining to the Laminiplantares of Sundevall’s classification. Laminiplantation, the quality or condition of being laminiplantar.

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1834.  H. M’Murtrie, Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., 345. The four last [feet] are compressed, ciliated, or laminiform.

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1872.  Coues, Key N. Amer. Birds (1884), 126. This results from the laminiplantation … and is equally well exhibited by most passerine birds, whether they have booted or anteriorly scutellate tarsi.

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1888.  Syd. Soc. Lex., Laminiplantar, applied to the metatarsus of birds when the integument forms a continuous horny sheath along its anterior and lateral surfaces, as in thrushes.

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