The Conchologist's First Book / A System of Testaceous Malacology, Arranged Expressly for the Use of Schools, in Which the Animals, According to Cuvier, Are Given With the Shells, a Great Number of New Species Added, and the Whole Brought Up, as Accurately as Possible, to the Present Condition of the Science.

by Edgar Allan Poe; Thomas Brown

L.

Labra, the lips.

Laciniate, cut in irregular segments.

Lacunose, surface covered with pits.

Lamellar, films on plates.

Lamellated, divided into distinct plaits or foliations.

Laminæ, thin plates, laid one above another.

Lanceolate, oblong, tapering like the head of a lance.

Lateral, extending to one side from the centre.

Latticed, see Decussated.