LEMUROID
Lem"u*roid, a. Etym: [Lemur + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the lemurs or the Lemuroidea.
— n.
Defn: One of the Lemuroidea.
LEMUROIDEA
Lem`u*roi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Lemur, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of primates, including the lemurs, the aye-aye, and allied species. [Written also Lemuroida.]
LENA
Le"na, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A procuress. J. Webster.
LENARD RAYS
Le*nard" rays. (Physics.)
Defn: Rays emanating from the outer surface of a plate composed of any material permeable by cathode rays, as aluminium, which forms a portion of a wall of a vacuum tube, or which is mounted within the tube and exposed to radiation from the cathode. Lenard rays are similar in all their known properties to cathode rays. So called from the German physicist Philipp Lenard (b. 1862), who first described them.
LENARD TUBE
Lenard tube. (Elec.)