GLOSSARY. 



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Lac'ichate, i a. Cut or slashed on the edgp 

 Laci>'iaik, 1 or end into a fringe or brusli. 

 Lach'kvmal ihotie), a. A large stout bone 



foitning part of tlie orbit. 

 Laci'.n'a, )i. Small pit or depression ; oftener, 



an open space or vacuity, as in the palate, 

 IjAcr'x.E, ». fl. Ceilain small excavations in 



bone and in mucous membrane. 

 Lacus'tuixe, a. Lake-inhabiting. 

 Lamb'doid, a. L-.shaped. 

 Lamel'la, «. ; pi. lamcUcE, ) A thin plate or 

 Lam'ix.-v, m. ; pi. lamina;, j scale; a jilate- 



like process. The (u-ocesses inside a duck's 



bill are lamelLe ; the individual barbs of a 



feather are lamiuiv. 

 Lam'ellate, j o. Having, or composed of, 1am- 

 L.AM'lx.iTE, ( in;e, or series of plates. 

 liAMELi.iRos'rr.AL, a. Having a lamellate bill. 

 LAMELi.ir.ns'xi'.Es, ». pi. A group of lamel- 

 late-hilled birds (the duck tribe). 

 L.4n'ceoi,ate, a. Lance-head shaped ; ta])er- 



ing narrowly at one end, less so at the 



other. 

 Larvxce'ai., a. Pertaining to the laryn.-c. 

 Lar'vxx, n. Adam's-apple, hollow cartilagi- 

 nous organ, a modification of the windpipe 



either at the top or bottom, but especially 



the former ; the lower laryn.x being called 



Syrinx (which see). 

 Lat'eral, a. To or towards the side ; on either 



hand from the middle line. 

 L.it'erali.y, a. Sidewise. 

 Latis'simus, a. for n. A certain muscle of the 



back. 

 Legs. (96.) 

 Lexs (crystalline), n. A circular biconvex 



transparent body in the eye wliich brings rays 



of light to a focus. 

 Lesser Wixg-covert.s, n. pi. The smaller an- 

 terior set of secondai-y coverts in several series 



upon the plica alaris. 

 Leva'tor, n. Generic name of muscles that 



elevate ; as, levator palpcbrce, lifter of the 



eyelid. 

 Lio'amext, n. Fibrous band or sheet binding 



bones or other structures together. 

 LiGAMEx'rrM Nu'cH^, 11. A particular strong 



ela.stic ligament along the nape and cervix of 



many animals. 

 Ligamex'tu.m Te'res, n. A particular strong 



fibrous cord holding the head of the femur in 



its socket. 

 Lim'bate, a. Having edging of one color against 



another. 

 Li'mes Facia'lis, n. Facial outline; line of the 



feathers all around the bill. 

 Limicu'l.e, n. pi. A group of shore-waders, 



as plover, snipe, etc. 

 Llmic'dlixe, a. Shore-inhabiting. 

 Lix'e.\r, a. Nan'ow, with straight paralhd 



sides ; uniformly narrow for a long distance. 

 I<1n'gua, 11. Tongue. 

 Lixis'ci, 71. pi. Reticulations of the podotheca. 



( Little used. ) 

 Liv'er, n. See Olaxd. 



Lo'bate, ) a. Funiished with membranous flaps 

 LoBED, i (said chieflv of toe*)- SeeLoMAXi- 



xus. (137.) 

 Lobe, n. Membranous Hap (generally curved, 



but may be straight-edged). See LoMA. 



Lo'.NtA, n. Lobe ; membranous fringe or flap. 

 (135.) 



LoMAT'iNtTs, a. Furnished with lobes or flaps. 

 (134.) 



Long-exsert'ed, a. Said of tail-feathers ab- 

 ruptly much longer than the rest. 



LoNGiPEx'xEs, n. pi. A group of long-winged 

 swimming-birds, the gulls, terns, and petrels. 



Longipex'nixe, a. Having long wings (reach- 

 ing, when folded, beycnid the tail). 



Longiros'tral, a. Having a long bill (longer 

 than the head). 



Longiros'tres, II. pi. An obsolete group of 

 long-billed wading bird.s. 



Loxgis'simus, a. for n. A certain muscle of 

 the back. 



Loxgitu'dinal, a. Running lengthwise, or 

 in direction of the antero-posterior axis of the 

 body. 



Lon'gus Col'li. a certain muscle of the neck. 



Lo'ral, a. Pertaining to the lore. 



T n'Rinr I "' ^P**^^ between eye and bill. (39.) 



Lower B.-vck. (59.) See Tergum. 



Lower Jaw. Lower Mandible. (11.) See 



JIandible. 

 Lower Part.s. (6.) See Gastr^um. 

 Lower AVing-coverts. (85.) See Tecteicrs. 

 Lower Tail-coverts. See Calypteria, Cris- 



suM, Tectrices. 

 Litm'bar, a. Pertaining to, or situate in, the 



louis. In birds, a inmhar region or lumbar 



vertebra; are not well distinguished, if at all ; 



and in many, rih-bearing vertebrte continue 



into the sacral region. 

 LvMBRic'iFORM, a. Same as Vermiform 



(which see). 

 Lu'.xcLATE, a. Narrowly crescentic. 

 Lu'teous, a. Clay-colored. 

 Lymphat'ic, a. or n. Pertaining to lymph ; 



an absorbent vessel. 

 Ly''rate, a. Lyre-shaped, as the tail of Afe- 



nura supcrha or Tctrao tetrioe. 



H. 



Mac'erated, a. Soaked to softness. 



Mac'ula, n. A spot. 



Mac'ulate, a. Spotted. 



Mag'num, a. for n. One of the carpal bones. 



Ma'la, n. Basal portion of outsicle of lower 

 jaw, usually feathered. (Sometimes used for 

 corresponding portion of upper jaw ; the site 

 and boundary' of ?iuila and grna are not well 

 determined, and vaiy with writers. Both lie 

 on side of head, back of bill, and under lore, 

 eye, and ear.) (26.) 



Ma'lar Re'giox. Same as mala. 



Malleo'lus, n. ; pi. malleoli. The enlarged 

 articular surface of the bottom of the tibia ; 

 in birds formed by confluence of the two prox- 

 imal tarsal ossicles. 



Mal'i.eus, 11. A bone of the inner ear of mam- 

 malia, held by high authority as probably 

 homologous with the Os Quadkatum (which 

 see). 



Mam',\ia, )'. Teat. 



Mam'.mary, a. Pertaining to the teats, or func- 

 tion of lactation. 



