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LIGNIFORM. Resembling wood. 



LIGNITE. Fossil or bituminous wood. 



LIQULA. The terminal or apical portion of 

 the labium in insects. 



LIGULIFORM. When the tongue of an insect 

 emerges from the labium, is short, flat, and 

 not concealed within the mouth. Ex. 

 Vespa and many Hymenoptera. 



LILAC. Of a colour resembling the flowers 

 of the lilac. 



LILIACEOUS. Lily-like, or pertaining to 

 lilies. 



LIMB. A projecting member of the body ; 

 as, an arm or a leg. Also, a term used for 

 the disc of bivalve shells. 



LIMBLESS. Destitute of limbs. 



LINEAL. Allied by direct descent. In the 

 direction of a line. 



LINEAR. Narrow and of the same width 

 throughout. 



LINEATED. Having lines on the surface. 



LINES OF GROWTH. (In conchology.) The 

 concentric striae or lines, formed by the 

 edges of the successive layers of shelly 

 matter deposited by the animal, by which 

 it increases the shell. 



LINGUA. The tongue of insects, attached to 

 the inner surface of the lower lip. 



LINGUADENTAL. Formed or uttered by the 

 joint use of the tongue and teeth. 



LINGUAFORM. In the shape of a tongue. 



LINGUIFORM. When the tongue of an insect 

 is quite distinct from the labium, usually 

 retracted within the mouth, short, and 

 shaped something like a vertebrate tongue. 



LIPS. (In conchology). The two sides of 

 the aperture of spiral shells : that which 

 joins the columella is the inner, and that 

 part of the circumference opposite is called 

 the outer lip. 



LIQUEFIABLE. That may be melted, or 

 changed from a solid to a liquid state. 



LIQUESCENT. Becoming fluid. 



LITHOCARP. Petrified fruit. 



LITHODENDRON. A name sometimes given 

 to coral on account of its resembling a pe- 

 trified branch. 



LITHOXYLE. Petrified wood ; wood con- 

 verted into stone. 



LITTORAL. Belonging to, or growing on the 

 shore. 



LITUITE. A fossil shell. 



LIVID. A pale purplish brown ; the colour 

 of a bruise. 



LOBATED. Rounded at the edges. 



LOBED. Having lobes, or broad finger-like 

 divisions. 



LOBULE. A smalt lobe. 



LOINS. The space on each side of the verte- 

 brae, between the lowest of the false ribs 

 and the upper portion of the haunch bone 

 (os ilium). 



LONGEVAL. LONGEVOUS. Long-lived. 



LONGEVITY. Great length of life. 



LONOIMANOUS. Having long hands. 



LONGITUDE. The distance of any place on 

 the globe from another place, eastward or 

 westward. 



LONGITUDINAL. Extending in length. 



LOOMING. Appearing above the surface, or 

 indistinctly, at a distance. 



LOPUOBRANCHIATE. Belonging to the Lo- 

 phobranchii, an order of bony Fishes, 



mostly of a small kind, distinguished by 

 their gills being in tufts, and generally 

 also by the body being covered by shields 

 or small plates, which give it an angular 

 form. 



LORE. The space between the bill and the 

 eye, which in some birds is bare, but is 

 more generally covered witli feathers. 



LORICATE. LORICATED. Covered or plated 

 over ; covered with a double series of 

 oblique scales like a coat of mail. 



LUBRICATE. To make smooth or slippery. 



LUBRICOUS. Slippery as if lubricated. 



LUBRIFACTION. The act of making smooth. 



LUCIFEROUS. Giving light. 



LUCIFORM. Resembling light. 



LUMBAR. Pertaining to the loins. The Jam- 

 bar region is the posterior portion of the 

 body between the false ribs and the upper 

 edge of the haunch bone. 



LUMINOUS. Bright ; shining ; emitting light. 



LUNAR. Measured by the revolutions of the 

 moon. 



LUNATED. LUNIFORM. In the shape of a 

 crescent. 



LUNIS'OLAR. Compounded of the revolutions 

 of the sun and moon. 



LUNULE. A crescent-like mark or spot, situ- 

 ated near the anterior and posterior slopes 

 in bivalve shells. 



LURCHER. A dog that lies in wait and 

 watches for his game. 



LURID. Of a dirty yellow colour : yellow 

 with some mixture of brown. 



LUSTROUS. Of a shining or glossy appear- 

 ance, like silk. 



LUTARIOUS. Living in mud : pertaining to, 

 or being of the colour of mud. 



LUTEOUS. Deep yellow with a tint of red. 

 The colour of the yolk of an egg. 



LUTULENT. Muddy ; turbid ; thick. 



LUXATED. Put out of joint ; dislocated. 



LYMNITE. A kind of freshwater snail found 

 as a fossil. 



LYMPH. A colourless fluid in animal bodies, 

 separated from the blood and contained in 

 certain vessels called lymphatics. 



LYMPHEDUCT. A vessel of animal bodies 

 which contains the lymph. 



LYRATE. LYRATED. Divided transversely 

 into several jags, the lower ones smaller 

 and more remote from each other than the 

 upper ones. 



MACERATION. The process of making thin 

 or lean by wearing away ; or the operation 

 of softening and almost dissolving by steep- 

 in a fluid. 



MACRODACTYLOUS. Furnished with long 

 toes adapted for traversing floating leaves 

 and aquatic herbage. 



MACROCOSM. The universe, or the visible 

 systems of worlds ; opposed to microcosm, 

 or the world of man. 



MACROURA. The tribe of decapod Crustacea 

 which have long tails, as the lobster. 



MACROUROUS. Pertaining to the crustaceans 

 above designated. 



MACULAE FASCIA. A band consisting of 

 distinct spots, as seen on the wings of some 

 insects. 



MACULATED. Spotted ; stained. 



MACULA. A spot ; a roundish but indeter- 



