GLOSSARY. 



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Jubate. Having long, pendent hairs in a 



continued series, as in some insects, 

 Jugular. Pertaining to the neck or 



throat ; as, the jugular vein. 

 Juncture. A joint or articulation ; a 



seam or line at which a union between 



two bodies is effected. 



K. 



Knag. The shoot of a deer's horns. 



Knee-brushes. The tufts of hair on the 

 knees of some antelopes ; also, the 

 thickest hairs on the legs of bees, 

 with which they carry the pollen to 

 the hive. 



Labiodental. Formed or pronounced by 

 the cooperation of the lips and teeth. 



Labipalpi. The labial feelers in insects : 

 two jointed sensiferous organs, which 

 emerge, one on each side, from the 

 labium, mostly near its summit. 



Labium. The lower lip of insects, to 

 which the labial palpi are attached : it 

 is often biarticulate. Also, the inner 

 lip of a shell, or that side of the aper- 

 ture which is nearest the axis, and 

 generally contiguous to the body 

 whorl. 



Labrum. The upper lip, when applied 

 to insects. Also, the outer lip of a 

 shell ; or the edge of the aperture at 

 the greatest distance from the axis. 



Lac, or Gum-lac. A kind of resin de- 

 posited on different species of trees in 

 the East Indies, by an insect called 

 Chermes lacca. It is variously com- 

 bined, and much used in the arts. 



Lacertlne. Resembling a lizard in form 

 or habits. 



Lachrymal. Generating or secreting 

 tears. 



Lacfnia. The blade of the maxillae, be- 

 ing the fourth or apical portion. 



Ladniate. Jagged, or cut into irregular 

 segments. 



Laciniform. When the base-covers of an 

 insect are long, of an irregular shape, 

 and appear like lappets on each side of 

 the trunk. 



Lacteal. Pertaining to certain vessels in 

 animal bodies for conveying chyle 

 from the intestines to the common rc- 

 servatory. 



Lacteous. White, less intense than nive- 

 ous. 



Lactescent. Producing or abounding 

 with milk or white juice. 



Lactiferous. Bearing or conveying milk 

 or white juice ; as a lactiferous duct. 



Lacunose. Having the surface covered 

 with pits or shallow excavations. 



Lagoon; Lagune. A fen, moor, marsh, 

 shallow pond or lake j as, the lagunes 

 of Venice. 



Lamb. The young of the sheep kind. 



Lamellar. Consisting of films or thin 

 plates. 



Lamellated. Divided into distinct layers, 

 plates, or foliations. 



Lamellibranchiate. Belonging to the 

 class of Acephalous Mollusca with 

 gills in the form of membranous 

 plates. 



Lamelliform. Shaped like a thin plate 

 or 'leaf. 



Lamince. Thin plates, laid one coat 

 above another. Hence also laminated, 

 disposed in layers, scales, or plates ; 

 and lamination, arrangement in layers. 



Laminate. When the posterior coxae of 

 insects form a broad thin plate which 

 covers the trochanter and the base of 

 the thighs. 



Lanate. Covered with fine, very long, 

 flexible, and rather curling hairs, like 

 wool. 



Lanceolate. Flat, oblong, and gradually 

 tapering to a sharp point, like the head 

 of a lance. 



Laniariform. Shaped like the canine 

 teeth of the Carnivora. 



Laniferous. Bearing or producing wool. 



Lanuginose ; Lanuginous. Covered with 

 longish, very soft, fine down. 



Larva. The first active stage in an in- 

 sect's life ; the caterpillar state, or that 

 which precedes the chrysalis and per- 

 fect insect. 



Larval. Pertaining to larvae, or insects 

 in the caterpillar state. 



Larvate. Masked, as a larva or cater- 

 pillar. 



Larviform. Shaped like a larva. 



