LIN- 
lance. ] Between oe — lanceo- 
late in shape 3 appl. s (dot.). 
linear-oblong (lin ear- oe ng) a. i 
ine, line ; oblongus, long across. ] 
Between linear and oblong in 
li a 
— a ge a. — tei, ci 
Mar ae lines or stria 
rigs 
ie rm ct a) m [L. Lingua, 
ongue.] The floor of the mouth in 
mites; the hypopharynx of insects ; 
ton ngue or tongue-like structure 
ite (ling’gwal) a. [L. 
ngua. 
tongue.| ers. tongue; appl. pe ar 
of Molluscs — oe, appl. artery, 
Z.). 
(ling’ als) n. [L. lingula, 
ee guia (ling’ga A small sage aia 
or other tissue, as 
num, flax.] 
The substance of the polivanaatiaté 
reticulum of. a cell-nucleus (cy). 
fication established by Linnaeus 
‘ol. 
lip (tip) m. [A.S. lippa, lip.] One of 
the fleshy ome round the mouth ; 
a lip-like 7am such as labia, 
labella, tc: 00 sts 
lip 
ment 
d in some Polychaetes (zoo/.), 
and in some plants (402). 
(lip’6gas'tri) Mt. 
(zool. 
lipogenous eile) a / lipos, 
fat ; gignesthai, ol fae 
producing (bot, 2 
lipoid (lip’oid) a. vel) lipos, fat; 
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LIT- 
ri resemblance.] Any fatty sub- 
ea peor as peer: cholesterin, 
fou 
anaes “(ipa fk) a [Gk. dlipos, 
at ; lyein, to re uce.] 
Capable of 
dissolving He ; fat-reducing (phys.). 
lipostomy Fa a témi) 7. nm. (Gk. lez cane 
thai, to be lacking ; stoma, mouth 
Temporary obliteration of the 
. (zo 
case of certain parasites (40/.). 
lipped cr ) A.S. “ppa, lip.) 
Labiate (40 
t). 
lirella (hirel’4) n. [L. “ra, furrow.] 
A linear apothecium of Lichens 
lesenoephalous (lis’énkéf'Aliis, -séf-) 
a. (Gk. Zssos, smooth ; engkephaion, 
brain.] Having few or no con- 
volutions on the brain (zoo/.). 
flagellate (lis’6faj’élat) a. [Gk. 
lissos, an ; L. flagellum, whip.] 
avi collar surrounding the 
+ depen (zool.). 
— ci n. [Gk. “thos, —s 
areous secretion foun 
elon with the ear, or wit 
otocysts, lithocysts, and tentaculo- 
of many invertebrates 
lithocysts oer = ede 
lithos, 
lithites, found i r inverte- 
s; the ma sense-organs 
of certain Coelenterates (z00/.). 
lithodesma (lith’édés’ma) 7 k. 
lithos, ae bo A 
small plate, shelly in nature, found 
In certain habe (zool.). 
lithod s (lithéd’émiis) a. [Gk. 
lithos, stone; demein, build.] 
Living in rocks (zoo/.) 
ogenous (lithdjéniis) a. [G 
lithos, stone thai, to pro- 
uce.j- Roc ing, or ck- 
building, as certain corals (zoo/.). 
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thophagous (lithdfagiis) a, [Gk. 
