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A family of beetles: some phosphorescent, 

 all distasteful to birds and mammalia; much 

 mimicked, v. Mimicry. 



Lampyris, (lam-pi'ris). [The Latin name.] 

 An insect: the type of Lampyridse. L. nocti- 

 luca=Glow-vrorm. 



Lancaster gun, (lan'kas-ter). [ Mr< Lancaster.] 

 With spiral elliptic bore, for the discharge of 

 hard metal projectiles, v. Gun. 



Lancelot, (lans'let). [Lanceolatus, the Latin 

 name. ] = Pharyngobranchii = Amphioxus 

 lanceolatus: a little worm-like, transparent 

 fish, 2 in. long, with pulsating vessels;instead 

 of a heart: without either cranium or brains, 

 with no limbs, and colourless blood cor- 

 puscles. 



Lanceolate, (lan'se-o-lat). [Lanceolatus, the 

 Latin word.] Spear-shaped. 



Lancet fish=Acanthurus, q.v. 



Land. L. &M<7S=Geocorisa, q.v. L. cra&= 

 Gecarcinus, q.v. L. rail = Corn crake = 

 Crex prateu8is=Rallus, q.v. L. tortoise, v. 

 Tortoise. 



Landes, (langdz). [The French word. ]=Heaths: 

 the French term for uncultivated fertile land. 



Lands. The spaces between the grooves of a 

 rifled gun. 



Landenian, (lan-den'i-an). Strata belonging 

 to Lower Eocene, found in Belgium. 



Lane's electrometer. [Mr. Lane.] A 'small 

 Leyden jar, the charge of which ig taken as 

 the unit. 



Langley. Granules ofL., v. Granules. 



Langreen's map of the moon : in which the 

 craters, &c., are named after celebrated 

 philosophers, v. Moon. 



Language, (langVzij). [L. lingua, tongue.] 

 Science o/.L.=Glottology. 



Languages, (lang'wfi-jez). [Language, q.v.] 

 Classification of L. by Max Muller. 

 Aryan. 

 Semitic. 

 Ural-Altaic. 

 Ind-Chinese. 

 Dravidian. 

 Malay-Polynesian. 

 Kafir. 

 Polysynthetic (American). 



Laniadse, (lan'i-a-de). [Lanius, g.v.]= Shrikes: 

 birds connecting Accipitres and Passeres, q.v. 



Laniary teeth, (lan'i-a-ri). [L. lanio, I tear 

 in pieces. ]=Canine teeth, v. Teeth. 



Lanius, (lan'i-us). [L. lanius, butcher.]= 

 Shrike=;Butcher bird: an insectivorous bird, 

 belonging to Dentirostes. 



Lantanuric acid. [Allantpin and Uric, q.v.] 

 =03114^03: an acid deliquescent substance 

 obtained from uric acid; probablyr=Allan- 

 turic acid, q.v. 



Lantern. l/.JfyrzFulgora: an insect belonging 

 to Hemiptera. L. of Aristotle: a pyramid 

 formed by the five jaws of a star fish; the sur- 

 faces serve as grindstones for food. Magic L. : 

 an optical apparatus, by which small images 

 are magnified and shown upon a screen. 



Lanthanum, (lan-thii'num). [Gk. lanthano, 

 I hide.]=La: a rare substance; one of the 

 earth-metals; named from long being corn- 

 founded with cerium. 



Lanugo, (la-nu'go). [The Latin word.] Fine 

 woolly hair with which the human foetus is 

 covered during the sixth month; also used 

 for the down of fruits, &c. 



Lapidary, (lap'i-da-ri). [L. lapidarius, relat- 

 ing to stone.] One who cuts and polishes 

 stones: a stone worker who uses only precious 

 stones. 



Lapidification, (lap-i-dif-i-ka'shun). [L. lapis, 

 stone; facio, I make.] The formation of 

 solid rock under water. 



Lapilli, (la-pil'li). [L. lapillus, a small stone.] 

 Porous, stony concretions thrown out from 

 volcanoes: not applied to lava. 



Lapis lazuU,(]ap'is-laz'u-li)=Ultra-marine,5.i>. 



Lapis ollaris^Potstone, q.v. 



Laplace's theorem. That the earth was once 

 a fiery fluid globe. 



Lappa, (lap'pa). A plant belonging to Aster- 



Lapps^Laplanders : nomadic and dwarfish 



inhabitants of the N. 



coast of Scandinavia. 

 Lapsana, ( lap-sa'na ). 



[The Latin name.] r=. 



Nipple-wort = Swine's 



cress: a plant belonging 



to Asteracese. 

 Lapwing, ( lap'wing ). ] 



[Lepe-winc, the A.-S.f 



name.] = Vanellus : a 



bird belonging to Cha- Lapwing. 



radriadise; also called Plover. 

 Larch, (larch). [Celt, lar, resin.]=Larix= 



Abies larix: a tree 



belonging to Pin- 



aceaj. 

 Lard, (lard). [Lar- 



dum, the Latin 



word.] Soft pig- 

 fat : composed of 



stearine andoleine. 



Larch. 



q.v. 



LardizabalaceoR, (lar- 

 di-zab-a-la'se-e). 

 [Senor Lardizabala 

 of Spain.]=Lardi- \ 

 zabalads : twining 

 shrubs, often with 

 fragrant flowers, 

 belonging to Menispermales. 



Laridae, (lar'i-de). [Larus, q.v.]=rGulls, terns, 

 &c.: a family of sea-birds belonging to Nata- 

 tores. 



Lark, (lark). [Laverock, the O.E. name.]= 

 Alanda: a sing- 

 ing bird, belong- 

 ing to Fringillidae7 



Larkspur, (lark- 

 sper) = Delphi- 

 nium : an herb be- 

 longing to Ran- 

 unculaceae. 



Larus, ( lar ' us ). 

 [The Latin name. ] 

 = Gull: a sea-bird 

 with long wings, 

 the type of Laridae. 



Larva. Singular of Larvae, q.v. 



