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without the point, and broader 

 than long. 



KILLAS. Clay -slate. 



KI'MM BRIDGE CLAY. A thick bed of 

 clay, of the oolitic group, found at 

 Kimmeridge. (p. 64, Book viii). 



KINGLET. A little king. A name 

 of the wren. 



Kir K ED, or KXEE-JOINTED. Bent like 

 the knee-joint. 



KXOBBED. In thick lumps. 



KXOBBER. The name of a young 

 stag when the first rudiments of 

 the horns appear in the form of 

 a tubercle or knob. 



KCPFERNICKEL. Ger. Sulphuret of 

 nickel. 



KU'PFERSCHI'EFER. Ger. Copper- 

 slate, (p. 47, Book viii). 



LABEL'LTIM. Lat. A little lip. The 

 undermost or lip-like petal of or- 

 chidaceous plants. 



LA'BIAL. fr. lat. labium, lip. Be- 

 longing or relating to the lips. 



LABIA'T^. fr. lat. labium, lip. Hav- 

 ing lips. A family of plants 

 known by having a labiate or 

 two-lipped corolla, (p. 124, Book 

 vii). 



LABIATE. Having lips, or very 

 large lips. 



LA'HIUM. Lat. A lip. The lower 

 lip of insects. 



LABRA. In conchology; the lips. 



LA'HRADORITE. Labrador spar. It 

 consists of silicate of alu'mina, 

 lime, and soda, with traces of ox- 

 ide of iron. It is a variety of 

 feldspar. 



LA'BRAX. Gr. Specific name of a 

 kind of perch. 



LA'BRUM. Lat. The extremity of 

 the lips; the brim of any vessel. 

 The upper lip of mammals; the 

 external lip of univalve shells, 

 and one of the pieces of the 

 mouths of insects, called the up- 

 per lip. 



LABYRINTH. fr. lat. labyrinthus, fr. 

 gr. laburinthos, a place full of 

 turnings, the exit of which is not 



easily discoverable. Anatomists 

 have given this name to the ag- 

 gregate of parts, constituting the 

 internal .ear. 



LABYRI'NTHICA. Lat. Labyrinth- 

 like. 



LABYRI'NTHODON. fr. gr. laburinthos, 

 a labyrinth; odous, tooth. An ex- 

 tinct genus of batrachians, cha- 

 racterized by teeth of a peculiarly 

 complicated structure. The re- 

 mains of this genus peculiarly 

 characterize the Kenper forma- 

 tion in Germany, and the corre- 

 sponding sandstones in England. 

 (p. 196,/g. 307, Book viii). 



LABYRIXTHI'FORM. fr. gr. laburin- 

 thos, a labyrinth ; and Lat. forma, 

 form, shape. Systematic name 

 of a family of fishes. 



LAC-Lux^. Moon-milk. A snow- 

 white substance resembling chalk. 



LACE'RTA. Lat. A lizard. 



LACE'RTIAN. fr. lat. lacerta, a lizard. 

 Any animal of the lizard tribe. 



LACKRTI'NIDA. fr. lat. In cert a, a liz- 

 ard, and Gr. eidos, resemblance. 

 Systematic name of a family of 

 saurians. 



LACH'RYMAL. fr. lat. lacryma, a tear. 

 Relating to the tears. 



LACHRYMA'LIA. Lat. Belonging or 

 relating to the tears. 



LACI'NIJE. Segments of anything. 



LACI'NIATE. fr. lat. lascinia, the 

 fringe of a garment. Jagged, or 

 cut into irregular segments. 



LACTE'SCENT. Yielding a milky 

 juice. 



LACU'XA. Lat. A pit; a hollow; 

 a vacuity. 



LACU'N;E. Lat.plur. of lacuna. The 

 air-cells, found in the tissue of 

 plants are termed lacuna. 



LA'CUNOSE. Having the surface co- 

 vered with pits. 



LACU'STRIXE-. fr. lat. lacus, a lake 

 Belonging or relating to lakes. 



L-EMER-GEYER. Ger. Lamb-vul 



Lasvis. Lat. Smooth, bare, bald 



