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Levigate, Levigatus, Levis.— Possessing a smooth 

 surface. (L. Icevis, and ago.) 



Liberum. — (Head.) (L. liber, free.) See Free, 



Ligneous, Ligniform. — Wood-like, unelastic in 

 substance. (L. lignum, wood.) 



Lignivorous. — Feeding on wood. (L. lignum, wood, 

 and voro, to devour.) 



Ligula.- — The Lingula. (Saunders.) (L. lingua) 



Lilaceus. — The colour of lilac, or lilies. (L. lilinm, 

 a lily.) 



Lilacinous. — Lilac colour ; like violaceous, only 

 duller and tinged with red. (L. lilimn.) 



Limb. — (Superficies.) The circumference ; the 

 edge or border. (L. limhus, a border.) 



Limbate. — When one colour is surrounded by a 

 margin of a different colour ; bordered. (L. 

 limhus.) 



Limbus.— The border surrounding the disc. (L. a 

 border.) 



Line. — A very slight, generally straight, but also 

 sometimes bent, different coloured stripe. 

 (L. linea, a string of flax, from linum, flax.) 



Linear. — Having the lateral margins very close 

 together, and parallel throughout. (L. linea.) 



Lineate, Lineated, Lineatus. — With longitudinal 

 stripes ; marked longitudinally with depressed 

 parallel lines. (L. linea.) 



