GLOSSARY. 



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Lac'erate, I 



Cut or slashed on the edge 



Lacin'iate, < or end into a fringe or brush. 



Lach'hymal {hone), a. A large stout bone 

 forming part of tlie orbit. 



Lacu'na, •n. Small pit or depression ; oftener, 

 an open space or vacuity, as in the palate. 



LACU'NiE, n. 2)1. Certain small excavations in 

 bone and in mucous membrane. 



Lacus'trine, a. Lake-inhabiting. 



LAMB'noiD, a. L-shaped. 



Lamel'la, n. ; pi. Inmelloe, ) A thin plate or 



Lam'ina, 71. ; pi. lamince, \ scale; a plate- 

 like process. The processes inside a duck's 

 bill are lamelhe ; the individual barbs of a 

 feather are laminie. 



Lam'ellate, ; a. Having, or composed of, 1am- 



Lam'ixate, \ inse, or series of plates. 



Lamelmuos'tral, a. Having a lamellate bill. 



Lamelijros'tres, 11. 111. A group of lamel- 

 late-billed birds (the duck tribe). 



Lan'ceolate, a. Lance-head shaped ; taper- 

 ing narrowly at one end, less so at the 

 other. 



Larynge'al, a. Pertaining to the larynx. 



Lar'ynx, 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 larynx being called 

 Syrinx (which see). 



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

 hand from the middle line. 



Lat'ekally, a. Sidewise. 



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

 back. 



Legs. (96.) 



Lens {crystalline), n. A circular biconvex 

 transparent body in the eye which brings rays 

 of light to a focus. 



Le-sseu Wixg-coverts, n. pi. The smaller an- 

 terior set of secondary coverts in several series 

 upon t\\Q plica alaris. 



Leva'tor, n. Generic name of muscles that 

 elevate ; as, levator palpebrce, lifter of the 

 eyelid. 



Lig'ament, n. Fibrous band or sheet binding 

 bones or other structures together. 



Ligamen'tum Nu'ch^, n. A particular strong 

 elastic ligament along the nape and cervix of 

 many animals. 



Ligamen'tum Te'hes, n. A particular strong 

 fibrous cord holding the head of the femur in 

 its socket. 



Lim'b ATE, a. Having edging of one color against 

 another. 



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

 feathers all around the bill. 



Limico'l-e, n. 2>l- A gi'onp of shore-waders, 

 as plover, sni2)e, etc. 



LiMic'oLiNE, a. Shore-inhabiting. 



Lin'ear, a. Nan'ow, with straight parallel 

 sides ; uniformly narrow for a long distance. 



Lin'gua, n. Tongue. 



LiNis'cr, n. pi. Reticulations of the podotheca. 

 ( Little used. ) 



Liv'er, n. See Gland. 



Lo'bate, ) a. Furnished with membranous flaps 



LoBED, \ (said chiefly of toen). See Lomati- 

 Nus. (137.) 



Lobe, n. Membranous Hap (generally curved, 

 but may be straight-edged). See LoMA. 



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

 (135.) 



Lomat'inus, a. Furnished with lobes or flaps. 

 (134.) 



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

 ruptly much longer than the rest. 



Longipen'nes, 11. pi. A group of long-winged 

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



Longipen'nine, a. Having long wings (reach- 

 ing, when folded, beyond the tail). 



Longirds'tkal, a. Having a long bill (longer 

 than the head). 



Longiros'tres, n. jil. An obsolete group of 

 long-billed wading birds. 



LoNGis'siMUS, a. for n. A certain muscle of 

 the back. 



Longitu'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. 



^*^P' In. Space between eye and bill. (39.) 

 Lo'rum, ^ ^ •' 



Lower Back. (59.) See Tergum. 



Lower Jaw. Lower Mandible. (11.) See 



Mandible. 

 Lower Parts. (6.) See Gastr^um. 

 Lower Wing-coverts. (85.) See Tectrices. 

 Lower Tail-coverts. See Calypteria, Cris- 



suM, Tectrices. 

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



loins. In birds, a lumbar region or lumbar 



vertebra} are not well distinguished, if at all ; 



and in many, rib-bearing vertebrre continue 



into the sacral region. 

 LuMBRic'iFORM, a. Same as Vermiform 



(which see). 

 Lu'nulate, a. Narrowly crescentic. 

 Lit'teofs, a. Clay-colored. 

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



an absorbent vessel. 

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



nura superba or Tetrao tetrix. 



M. 



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 outside of lower 

 jaw, usually feathered. (Sometimes used for 

 corresponding portion of upper jaw ; the site 

 and boundary of mala and gena are not well 

 determined, and vary with writers. Both lie 

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

 eye, and ear.) (26.) 



Ma'lar Re'gion. Same as vuda. 



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'leus, n. A bone of the inner ear of mam- 

 malia, held by high authority as probably 

 homologous with the Os Quadratum (which 

 see). 



Mam'.ma, n. Teat. 



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

 tion of lactation. 



