Lima 
Iiima(li'niii'). ii. [ N'L. (Bmguieres, 1791), appar. 
called from the shape of their shells, < L. 
lima, a file.] 1. A genus of bivalve molluxks, 
of the family Liniitlii: The obliquely c,v;il 
ell gapes anteriorly and haa a straight toothless hinge, 
Lima tyttamosa. 
cardit/ormts. 
and the mantle margin Is clrroae. L. hiant swims easily 
like a scallop, with a flapping movement of the valves, 
spins a byssus, and sometimes builds a nest or burrow. 
The genus was formerly placed with the scallops In Pee- 
tinidtr. 
2. [I. c.~] A member of this genus. 
Lima bark. See bark*. 
Limacea (H-ma'se-ft), n. pi. [NL. (Lamarck, 
1809), < Limax (Limac-) + -fa.] A family of gas- 
tropods, typified by the genus Limax, including 
all the naked terrestrial gastropods. By later 
systematists Its constituents have been distributed among 
the families Limaeida, Arionidct, \'iMnida, TestaceUMtr, 
and 
limacel, liniacelle (lim-a-sel'), n. [< F. lima- 
i'' lit; dim., < NL. Limax (Limac-), q. v.] The 
small internal shell of the genus Limax. It has 
a suliquudrangular form, and has no spire, but a 
marginal nucleus near the posterior end. 
limaceous (li-ma'shius), a. [< L. Umax (limac-), 
a snail, slug, + -cou.~] Like a slug ; of or re- 
^$tit%gZ* [NI,, plural of ^ ^^^^^ f ? 
ma*.] Same as Limacea. Ferussac, 1819. * e *- J .* a - 
limacian (li-ma'shian), n. [< L. limnx (limac-), 
a snail, slug, + -in.J A limacid; a slug, or 
some related pulmobranchiate. 
limacid (lim'a-sid), . A gastropod of the fam- 
ily I.inint'idce; a slug. 
Limacidae (li-mas'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Limax 
( Limac-) + -ifte.] A family of land-snails or ter- 
restrial pulmonate gastropods, typified by the 
genus Limax, accepted with various limitations, 
sometimes merged in Helicida; the slugs, in a 
Limttx ttrntfr&jfi, crawling ami at rest. 
strict sense now current, the Limacidte are those land-gas- 
tropods which have a naked body, the mantle being small , 
narrow, anterior, and shield-like; the shell reduced to a 
rudiment and concealed under the mantle ; the jaw ribless ; 
and the teeth of three kinds a central trlcuspid, laterals 
of same height as the central and bicuspid or tricuspid, 
and marginals differing from the laterals and aculeate, 
unicuspid, or bicuspid. Wider limits and vaguer charac- 
ters were assigned I the Liinacidee by older authors. The 
species are of nearly world wide distribution, but most nu- 
merous in temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. 
The slugs of gardens and damp places are familiar exam- 
ples. 
limaciform (Ii-mas'i-f6nn), a. [< L. limajc (li- 
mac-), a snail, slug, + forma, form.] Resem- 
bling a slug; limaceous. Specifically applied in ento- 
mology to certain ovate herbivorous larv&e with short or 
obsolete legs, and having the body covered with a kind of 
slime, as those of certain Tenthredinida. 
Limacina 1 (li-ma-si'na), n. [NL., < L. Umax 
(limac-), a snail, 4- -nai.] A 
genus of pteropods, typical 
of the family Limacinida; 
L. liorealix is one of the ani- 
mals which form brit or 
whale-food. Curiir, 1817. 
Limacina- (H-ma-si'na), n. 
I>1. [NL., < Limaf (l.iniHC-) 
i/, ISlIt. 2. A subfamily of Heliriiln; 
restricted to the genus Limai: same ag Linui- 
ciai. J. /:. (i i- 1 1 1/, 1840. 
Limacinae (li-ma-si'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Limns 
(I.iiinii--) + -inn;] 1. Asubfamilyof laud-snails 
referred to the family Helicititr, typified by the 
genus Limajc, and variously limited. It is nearly 
or quite the s&me&s Limacidte. 2. Afamilyof 
pteropods containing the genera Limacina and 
Atlanta. I-'ITIIXSK,; ISL'l. 
limacine (lim'a-sin), a. and . I. a. Pertaining 
to the Limacirur or Limacidte, or having their 
characters; limacifonn; limaceous. 
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II. n. A slug of the subfamily Limacina or 
family Limacinte. 
Limacinea(li-raa-Hiii'f<-ji). w. pi. [Nlj.] 1. In 
Do blainville's (laxHiticatioii (ISi'i). the third 
family of his I'uliiuilirancliiata, distinguished 
from Auricularca and Limnacca, and contain- 
ing the genera fiurcinea, Butimus, Achtitinn, 
Clatisilia, /'//, II, Us, Tentacella, Parmacella, 
Limacella, Limax, Onchidium, etc. It Is thus an 
enormous group, equivalent to the suborder (Jenphila or 
Slylinnmatophora, now divided Into many modern families, 
and no longer in use. 
2. Same as Limacea. Reere, 1841. 
limacinian (11-ma-sin'i-an), n. [< limacine + 
-mil.] A slug or slug-like animal ; any limacine. 
limacinid (li-mas'i-nid), n. A pteropod of the 
family Li marinida. 
Limacinidae (li-ma-sin'i-del, n.pl. [NL.,< Lima- 
cina + -idtr.] A family of thecosomatous ptero- 
pods, typified by the genus Limacina, with fins 
attached to the sides of the body and united 
ventrally by operculigerous lobes, and with a 
spiral or subspiral shell coiled toward the left. 
It contains many species, living near the surface of the 
ocean In different parts of the world. See cat under Lima- 
cinai. 
Limacodes (li-ma-ko'dez), n. [NL. , < Gr. foiftaf 
(> L. Umax), a slug, snail (see Umax), + eltoc,, 
form.] A genus of moths sometimes giving 
name to a family Limacodidce. In Latrellle's classi- 
fication It was put in his third section (Pmidobombycei) of 
nocturnal Levutoptera, and characterized by " having the 
caterpillarsliice wood-lice," whence the name. It is now re- 
ferred to Arctiida. L. ttitudn and L. ojefltuare examples. 
Limacodidse (li-ma-kod'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Limacodcs + -itte.J A family of moths named 
from the genus Limacodes. The antennee are 
not pectinated, and the larvee are onisciform. 
Also called Cochlcopodidte, or abandoned to 
Arctiida:. 
< NL. Limax 
Pertain- 
ing to the l.ininriilii' or Limacoidea, or having 
their characters. 
H. n. A slug of the family Limacidic. 
Limacoidea (li-ma-koi'de-a), . pi. [NL. (Fitz- 
inger, 1833), < Limax (Limac-) + Gr. etfof, form.] 
Same as Limacea. 
limacon (lim'a-son), n. [F., a snail, < L. limns 
(limac-), a snail.] If. Any univalve shell. 
2. A curve, invented and named by Pascal, 
generated from a circle by adding a constant 
length to all the radii vectorcs drawn from a 
point of its circumference as an origin, taking 
proper account of negative radii vectores. It Is 
a Cartesian, having cusps on the circular points ; and It 
has a single bltangent, which is always 
real. It has three varieties, all of which / 
are unicursal curves of the fourth order. / 
One of these Is the cardioid, which is 
a single form lying between the other 
two. It Is of the third class. It has 
no node, but a cusp at the origin, and 
has no inflections. (See cut undercar- 
rfiotrf.) All other limacons are of the 
fourth class. Those lying outside of 
the cardioid have the origin as an ac- Acnodal Uma<;on. 
node, and two real inflections ; those 
lying within the cardioid have a crunode at the origin, 
and two imaginary inflections. For a crunodal limacon, 
see Cartesian, n., 2. 
Limadas (lim'a-de), n. pi. See Limido'. 
limailt (li-mal v ), n. [ME., also lymail, lymaille. 
< OF. limaile, F. limaille (= Sp. limalla = Pg. 
HIHII/IKI), filings, < limer, file, < L. limare, file: 
see limation.] Filings of any metal. 
Therein put was of silver lymaille 
An ounce, and stopped was, withoaten fayle. 
The hole with wcx, to kepe the It/mail in. 
Chaucer, Canon's Yeoman's Tale, L 151. 
Limapontia(li-ma-pon'shi-a), w. [NL. (Forbes, 
1832), < Limax -f-"Gr. jrovrof, sea.] A genus of 
slug-like nudibranchiates, typical of the family 
Limapon tiidte. 
Limapontiidse (li'ma-pon-ti'i-de), . pi. [NL., 
< Limapontia T -id<r.\ A family of nudibran- 
chiate gastropods, typified by the genus Limn- 
pontia. The species are slug-like, with a flat head pro- 
longed laterally into simple tentacles, dorsal anus, and 
no branchiae ; the radulu has a single row of teeth. They 
are inhabitants of the coast of the North Atlantic. Also 
Limapnntida. 
limation (li-ma'shon), . [< LL. limatio(ii-). 
ilitninishing (lit. prop, a filing), < L. limare, pp. 
HiiKitiiK, tile (see Zime*), < limn, a file : see Limn.] 
The act of filing or polishing. [Rare.] 
limature (li'ma-tur), . [= OF. limature. li- 
iiH'iirc = Sp. Pg. Jimadura = It. limatura, < L. 
liiii/itiirn, filiiifis, < limare, file: see limatiou.] 
1. The act of filing. 2. Filings; particles re- 
moved by a file. [Rare.] 
lima-WOOd (le'mil-wud), . See brazil, 2. 
Limax (li'umks), . [NL., < L. Umax, a slug, 
snail, kindred with L. limux, slime, mud ; cf. Gr. 
limbec 
lifivr/, a marsh.] 1. The typicnl (fi-nns (if l.ima- 
i-ii/n; foriiwrly of great extent an<l heterogene- 
ous composition, now restrii-ied to the slugs 
which are without a caudal mucous pore, with a 
concealed quadrate non^spiral shell or hinacel, 
and a smooth jaw. 2f. (/. c.] In early svstems 
of classification, us the Lmnean, the animal or 
soft body of any univalve, considered apart from 
its shell, which latter was otherwise classified. 
limb 1 dim), n. [Early mod. G. inn. ///, lymme; 
< ME. Inn, < AH. /nil (pi. limit, leomu) = I eel. 
limr = Sw. Dan. lent, a limb, member of the 
body.] 1. A part or member of an animal 
body distinct from the head and trunk; an ap- 
pendicular member; a leg, an arm, or a wing: 
often limited in meaning to the leg, at present 
general out of affected or prudish unwillingness 
to use the word leg. 
He was a moche man and a longe, 
In every Imn stylf and itronge. 
MS. Cantab. H. II. St^ f . 74. (//ofliiwH ) 
Sfime han here Armes or here Lymet alle to broken, 
and some the sides. MandcMle, Travels, p. 175. 
Of courage haughty, and of limb 
Heroic built );,/'.,., P. L., ii. 484. 
I lastly was with Curtis, among the floating batt'rles, 
And there I left for witness an arm and a limb. 
Burnt, Jolly Keggars, I am a Son of Man. 
"A bit of the wing, Boxy, or of the under limbf The 
first laugh broke out at this. 
O. W. Holme*, Elsie Vernier, vll. 
2. The branch of a tree : applied only to a branch 
of some size, and not to a small twig. 3. The 
part of a bow above or below the grip or handle. 
4. A thing or person regarded as a part of 
something else; apart; a member: as, a I,,,,!, 
of the devil; a limb of the law. 
Crye we to Kynde that he come and defende vs, 
Foles, fro this fendes Itnntx for Piers loue the Plowman. 
Fieri I'loirman (B), xx. 76. 
That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. 
Scvtl. 
S. A mischievous or roguish person, especially 
a young person; an imp; a scapegrace; a scamp. 
[Colloq.J 
I had it from my maid Joan Hearsay : and she had It 
from a limb o' the school, she says, a little limb of nine 
year old. B. Jontm, Staple of News, III. 2. 
Eiartlculate limbs. See exarticulate. =Byn. 1. -ee 
member. 
limb 1 (lim), v. t. [< Kmftl, .] 1. To supply 
with limbs. 
As they please, 
They limb themselves, and colour, shape, or size 
Assume, as likes them best, condense or rare. 
Milton, V. U, vl. 852. 
2. To dismember ; tear or carve off the limbs 
of: as, to I imli a turkey; to limii a tree. 
It (a dam) seemed to In- built principally of alder poles 
well limbed off, and placed, roughly speaking, side by 
side. Harper* .Wagr., LXX VIII. 2S1. 
limb 2 (lim), n. [< F. limbc = Sp. Pg. It. limbo, 
< L. liniliint, a border, edge, fringe, belt, the 
zodiac (in NL. esp. the border or outer edge of 
the sun or moon). Cf. limbux, Umlui.} I. In 
axtron.. the border or outermost edge of the 
disk of the sun or moon. 
The star once risen, though only one man in the hemi- 
sphere has yet seen Its upper (wi6 in the horizon, will 
mount and mount, until it becomes visible to other men, 
to multitudes, and climbs the zenith of all eyes. 
Emrnon, Misc., p. 188. 
2. The graduated edge of a circle or other as- 
tronomical or surveying instrument, etc. 3. 
In zoo!., the lateral area or marginal band of the 
cephalic shield of trilobites on either side of the 
glabellum, corresponding to a pleuron of the 
thoracic region. 4. In oof., the border or up- 
per spreading part of a monopetalous corolla, 
or of a petal or sepal. 
limbat (lim'bat), n. A cooling periodical wind 
in the island of Cyprus, blowing from the north- 
west from eight o'clock in the morning until 
noon or later. 
limbate (lim'bat), a. [< LL. limbatus, edged, 
< L. limbus, a border, edge : seeKmfta.] 1. In 
bot., bordered: said especially of a flower, etc.. 
in whieh one color is surrounded by an edging 
of another. 2. In ;niil. and n,ini.. having a 
limb or limbus; bordered; margined: said of 
various parts and organs. 
limb-bearing (lim'bar'ing), o. Furnished with 
or supporting limbs : said of those segments in 
arthropods or articulated animals which bear 
true jointed appendages or their homologues, 
as the thoracic segments which bear the legs 
and the cephalic segments which bear the palpi 
and antenna?. 
limbec, limbeck (lim'bek), n. [Also limbeke; 
contr. of 'alimbec, alembic, q. v.] It. A still. 
