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Biflabellate

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Biflabellate
    (Zoöl) Flabellate on both sides.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. biflabellate
    In entomology, having short joints, as an antenna, each provided on two opposite sides with a very long, somewhat flattened process, the processes lying close together, so that the whole organ is somewhat fan-like. It is an extreme modification of the bipectinate type.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Pref. bi-, + flabellate,

Usage in literature

Biflabellate: antennae with fan-like process on two sides. "Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology" by John. B. Smith