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lucern
(czen) | Lucern,Lucerne[zem.] n: |
Lucern
(gcide) | Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
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Lucern
(gcide) | Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [L. lucerna.]
A lamp. [Obs.] --Lydgate.
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Lucern
(gcide) | Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.]
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1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne, in
Switzerland.
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My lucerns, too, or dogs inured to hunt
Beasts of most rapine. --Chapman.
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2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in request (by some
supposed to be the lynx). [Written also lusern and
luzern.]
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The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern
I know to chase. --Beau. & Fl.
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lucerne
(encz) | Lucerne,Lucern [zem.] n: |
sickle lucerne
(encz) | sickle lucerne, n: |
lucern
(czen) | Lucern,Lucerne[zem.] n: |
lucerna
(czen) | lucerna,lanternn: Zdeněk Brož |
Lion of Lucerne
(gcide) | Lion \Li"on\ (l[imac]"[u^]n), n. [F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin
to Gr. le`wn. Cf. Chameleon, Dandelion, Leopard.]
1. (Zool.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo,
formerly Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most
parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the
different countries. The adult male, in most varieties,
has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his
apparent size, which is less than that of the largest
tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to
the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or
yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft
of the tail is black. In one variety, called the {maneless
lion}, the male has only a slight mane.
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo.
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3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person
who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at
that time.
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Such society was far more enjoyable than that of
Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man.
--Prof.
Wilson.
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American lion (Zool.), the puma or cougar.
Lion ant (Zool.), the ant-lion.
Lion dog (Zool.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually
clipped to resemble a lion's mane.
Lion lizard (Zool.), the basilisk.
Lion's share, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part;
-- from Aesop's fable of the lion hunting in company with
certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all
the prey.
Lion of Lucerne, a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne,
Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821
as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis
XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10,
1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock,
is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and
dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield
bearing the fleur-de-lis of France.
Lion of St. Mark, a winged lion, the emblem of the
evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a
granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in
its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel.
Lion of the North, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of
Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty
Years' War.
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Lucernal
(gcide) | Lucernal \Lu*cer"nal\, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
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Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
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Lucernal microscope
(gcide) | Lucernal \Lu*cer"nal\, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
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Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
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Lucernaria
(gcide) | Lucernaria \Lu`cer*na"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp.]
(Zool.)
A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight
groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches
itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
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Lucernarian
(gcide) | Lucernarian \Lu`cer*na"ri*an\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. -- n. One of the
Lucernarida.
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Lucernarida
(gcide) | Lucernarida \Lu`cer*nar"i*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Lucernaria.]
(Zool.)
(a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied
genera; -- called also Calycozoa.
(b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the
true Lucernarida and the Discophora.
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Lucerne
(gcide) | Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.)
See Lucern, the plant.
[1913 Webster]Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
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lucerne
(gcide) | Lucerne \Lu"cerne\, n. (Bot.)
See Lucern, the plant.
[1913 Webster]Lucern \Lu"cern\, n. [F. luzerne.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Medicago sativa), having bluish purple
cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also
alfalfa. [Written also lucerne.]
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lucerne
(wn) | lucerne
n 1: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate
leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture
and hay crop [syn: alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa] |
sickle lucerne
(wn) | sickle lucerne
n 1: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow
flowers and sickle-shaped pods [syn: sickle alfalfa,
sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Medicago falcata] |
trigla lucerna
(wn) | Trigla lucerna
n 1: a kind of gurnard [syn: tub gurnard, yellow gurnard,
Trigla lucerna] |
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