Lar´væ [Lat. pl. of larva, mask.] The early forms of animals when they are unlike the parent. In insects the first stages after leaving the eggs, preceding the pupa, as maggots or caterpillars.
Lem-u-roi´de-a [Lemur; Gr. eidos, appearance.] A sub order of Primates. Prosimiæ.
Lep-i-do-si´ren [Gr. lepis, scale; siren, a genus of amphibians.] One of the lung-fishes.
Lep-to-car´di-i [Gr. leptos, fine, small; kardia, heart.]
Liv´er-worts.
Lon-gi-cor´ni-a [Lat. longus, long; cornu, horn.] A division of beetles having very long filiform antennæ.
Ma-caques´ [F., < Afr. macaquo.] Cercopithecine monkeys of the genus macacus. Their form is stout; large ischial tuberosities: muzzle considerably produced.
Ma-ca´cus.
Mam´mal [Lat. mamma, breast; suffix -al; in analogy with Animal. Dr. Th. Gill.] Vertebrate animal whose female has mammæ, or milk-secreting organs.