1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 16:
"`Native Lime. Orange.' The fruit, which is an inch and a half in diameter, and almost globular, yields an agreeable beverage from its acid juice."
<hw>Ling</hw>, <i>n</i>. a fish. The name is given in England to various fishes, from their length. In New Zealand and Tasmania, it is applied to <i>Genypterus blacodes</i>, Forst.; also called <i>Cloudy Bay Cod</i>. <i>Lotella marginata</i>, Macl., is called <i>Ling</i>, in New South Wales, and <i>Beardie</i>. <i>Genypterus</i> belongs to the <i>Ophidiidae</i> and <i>Lotella</i> to the next family, the <i>Gadidae</i>.
<hw>Lobster</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is often carelessly used in Australia for the <i>Crayfish</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Lobster's</hw>-Claw, <i>n</i>. another name for <i>Sturt's Desert Pea</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Locust</hw>, <i>n</i>. name popularly but quite erroneously applied to insects belonging to two distinct orders.
(1) Insects belonging to the order <i>Hemiptera</i>. The great black Cicada, <i>Cicada moerens</i>, Germ., and the great green Cicada, <i>Cyclochila australasiae</i>, Donov.
(2) Insects belonging to the order <i>Orthoptera</i>, such as the great green gum-tree grasshopper, <i>Locusta vigentissima</i>, Serv., or the Australian yellow-winged locust, <i>Oedipoda musica</i>, Fab.
1846. J. L. Stokes, `Discoveries in Australia,' vol. I. c. ix. p. 285:
"The trees swarmed with large locusts (the <i>Cicada</i>), quite deafening us with their shrill buzzing noise."