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LITHU'ITES and LITU'ITES. fr. lat. 

 lituus, a crooked staff. Fossil 

 chambered shells, curved or bent, 

 at one end. (Jig. 8, Book viii). 



LITTER. A brood of young. 



LIT'TOBAL. Belonging to the shore. 



LITTO'REUS. Lat. Belonging or re- 

 lating to the sea-shore. 



LITTORA'LIS. Lat. Littoral; be- 

 longing or relating to the sliore. 



LITTORI'NA. fr. lat. litus, the sea- 

 shore. A genus of the family of 

 trochoides. (p. 49, Book v). 



LLANOS. Sp. Planes. 



LOAM. A mixture of sand and clay. 



LO'BATE (foot). Toes furnished on 

 the sides with broad plain mem- 

 branes. 



LO'BATKD. Rounded at the edges. 



LOBE. A round projecting part. 



LOBKD. Composed of lobes. 



LO'BELETS. Small lobes. 



LOC'ULAMENTS.- Partitions or cells 

 of a seed-vessel. 



LOC'ULAR A fruit is called unilocu- 

 lar, if it contains but one cell ; 

 bilocular, if two cells; trilocular, 

 if three, and so on. 



LOCULI'CIDAL. fr. lat. loculus, a cell ; 

 ceedo, to cut. That mode of de- 

 hiscence of fruits in which the lo- 

 culi, or cells, are severed at their 

 backs. 



LOCUS'TA. Lat. A cray-fish. A ge- 

 nus of crusta'ceans. 



Loctrs'TjE. Lat. plur. of Locusta. 



LODES. Veins containing metallic 

 ores. Live lodes contain metallic 

 ores ; dead lodes contain only 

 stony matters. 



LOESS or Loss. A German geologi- 

 cal term, applied to a tertiary al- 

 luvial deposit, which occurs in 

 patches between Cologne and 

 Basle. The term is applied by 

 the English to a peculiar yel- 

 low loam with calcareous concre- 

 tions. 



LO'LIGO. Lat. A calmary. 



LOLIGO'PSIS. A calmaret; a little 

 calmary. 



LO'LIUM. Lat. Darnel. 



LO'MENT. A form of fruit: a kind 

 of legume falling in pieces when 

 ripe. 



LOMK'NTUM. Lat. A loment. 



LOMENTA'CEOUS. Lat. Bearing lo- 

 ments. 



LONDON CLAY. An extensive depo- 

 sit of bluish clay found near the 

 surface in the counties of Middle- 

 sex, Essex and Suffolk, England, 

 (p. 78, Book viii). 



LONGIPKN'NES. fr. lat. longu*, long ; 

 penna, a wing. Long -winged. 

 Systematic name of a family of 

 web-footed birds. 



LONGIRO'STRES. fr. lat. longus, long; 

 rostrum, beak. Long-beaked. Sys- 

 tematic name of a family of wa- 

 ding birds. 



LONGIRO'STRIS. fr. lat. longus, long ; 

 rostrum, beak. Long-billed. 



LONGISCA'TA. Lat. A little longer. 



LONGITU'DINAL. The length of the 

 shell from the apex to the base. 



LOON. The name of a bird, from 

 loom, which in the language of 

 the Laplanders, signifies lame, as 

 it cannot walk well. 



LOPHOBRAN'CHI'AN. fr. gr. lophos, a 

 tuft, or top-knot; bragchia, gills. 

 Applied to fishes of the order of 

 lophobranchii. 



LOPHOBRANCH'H. Lat. plur. of lo- 

 phobranchus. Same derivation as 

 the last. Systematic name of an 

 order of fishes. 



LOPHOPHO'RCS. fr. gr. lophos, a tuft; 

 phoros, bearer. A genus of birds 

 of the order gallinaceae. 



LORATE. Shaped like a thong or 

 strap. 



LORE. A naked line leading from 

 the beak to the eye in birds. 



LORI'CA. Lat. A coat of mail. 



LORICA'TA. Lat. Loricate. Armed 

 with a coat of mail ; clad in ar- 

 mour. 



LORIS. The name of a kind of 

 monkey. 



LOTA. Systematic name of the ling 



LOXIA. fr. gr. loxos, oblique. Syste- 

 matic name of the grosbeaks 



