lake trout
A large species of trout found in lakes in North America, Salvelinus namaycush.
Whiting fried in batter and served in a sandwich.

laker
One engaged in sport; a player; an actor.

lakers
plural of laker

lamassu
An Assyrian protective deity, often depicted as having the head of a human, the body of an ox or lion, and the wings of a bird.
A representation – especially a statue – of a lamassu.

lamassus
plural of lamassu

lamb
A young sheep.
A young goat; a kid.
The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
Lambskin.
A simple, unsophisticated person.
One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

lambburger
Alternative form of lamburger.

lambburgers
plural of lambburger

lambed
simple past and past participle of lamb

lambeosaurin
Alternative form of lambeosaurine.

lambeosaurine
Any crested hadrosaurid dinosaur of the subfamily Lambeosaurinae.

lambeosaurines
plural of lambeosaurine

lambeosaurins
plural of lambeosaurin

lamblia
Giardia lamblia, an intestinal parasite that causes giardiasis.

lamblias
plural of lamblia

lambliases
plural of lambliasis

lambliasis
giardiasis

lambren
Obsolete or dialectal plural of lamb.

lambs
plural of lamb

lambsquarter
Alternative form of lamb's quarters.

lamburger
A burger made with lamb instead of beef.

lamburgers
plural of lamburger

lamellipore
A thin, sheet-like extension that forms part of the skeletal walls of some bryozoan colonies.

lamellipores
plural of lamellipore

lamiid
Any member of the family Lamiidae, now considered to be the cerambycid subfamily Lamiinae.

lamiids
euasterids I.

laminin
Any of a class of glycoproteins found in the basement membranes of most animal tissue

laminins
plural of laminin

lamoid
A member of the South American camelid family, a llama, alpaca, vicuna, or guanaco.

lamoids
plural of lamoid

lamp shell
A brachiopod (Brachiopoda).

lamp shells
plural of lamp shell

lamper
One who takes part in lamping, or hunting with bright lights.

lampern
European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis).

lamperns
plural of lampern

lampfish
Any of several deep-water fishes that glow due to bioluminescence.

lampfishes
plural of lampfish

lampmussel
A North American mussel of the genus Lampsilis.

lamprel
The lamprey.

lamprels
plural of lamprel

lamprey
Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.

lampreys
plural of lamprey

lamprophiid
Any member of the snake family Lamprophiidae.

lamprophiids
plural of lamprophiid

lampshell
Alternative form of lamp shell.

lampshells
plural of lampshell

lampuka
The mahi-mahi.

lampuki
plural of lampuka

lampyrid
Any member of the family Lampyridae; a firefly or lightning bug

lampyrids
plural of lampyrid

lance skinks
plural of lance skink

lancebill
A hummingbird of the genus Doryfera, native to South America.

lancebills
plural of lancebill

lancelet
any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone

lancelets
plural of lancelet

lancepesade
A grade within the rank of private, either assigned as assistants to corporals or performed the duties of corporals themselves.
A grade within the rank of corporal; also called lance corporals.

lancepesades
plural of lancepesade

lancer
A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
One who lances something.

lancers
plural of lancer

lancet
A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
A high narrow window, terminating in an acutely pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.

lancet fish
Alternative form of lancetfish.

lancetfish
A voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teeth.

lancetfishes
plural of lancetfish

lancets
plural of lancet

lancier
Synonym of lancer.

lanciers
plural of lancier

landbird
Any bird that lives mostly on or over land (though may migrate over water)

landbirds
plural of landbird

landboarding
A sport in which a rider on a board is pulled over water by a kite.

landlocked salmon
Any of the populations of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar that inhabit freshwater only.

landrace
Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).

landraces
plural of landrace

lane snapper
The fish Lutjanus synagris.

langouste
The spiny lobster

langoustes
plural of langouste

langsuir
A hollowed-back female ghost in Indonesian (Javanese) mythology usually appears since the sunset began until the dawn. Sometimes, it could appear as a Javan hawk-eagle entity.

langsuirs
plural of langsuir

laniatorean
Any harvestman in the arachnid suborder Laniatores

laniatoreans
plural of laniatorean

lankesterellid
Any member of the Lankesterellidae.

lankesterellids
plural of lankesterellid

lant
Aged urine, historically used by the Anglo-Saxons and others as fertilizer for high nitrogen content.

lantern fish
Alternative form of lanternfish.

lantern jaw
A long, thin jaw.

lanternfish
Any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.

lanternfishes
plural of lanternfish

lanthanosuchid
Any member of the Lanthanosuchidae, an extinct family of procolophonomorph parareptiles.

lanthanosuchids
plural of lanthanosuchid

lanthanotid
Any lizard in the family Lanthanotidae.

lanthanotids
plural of lanthanotid

lants
third-person singular simple present indicative of lant

lapta
A Russian bat and ball game first known to be played in the 14th century.

laquei
plural of laqueus.

laqueus
The lasso used by a laquearius.

larderhoarder
An animal that larderhoards

larderhoarders
plural of larderhoarder

largehead hairtail
A cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus.

largemouth bass
A black bass of species Micropterus salmoides, found from northeastern Mexico to southeastern Canada.

largemouth basses
plural of largemouth bass

largemouths
plural of largemouth

largescale archerfish
An archerfish of species Toxotes chatareus, which is sooty in colour compared to the silveriness of most archerfish.

largie
A largemouth bass.
Anything that is unusually large.

largies
plural of largie

larid
Any member of the family Laridae, the gulls, terns, skimmers and noddies .

larids
plural of larid

lariid
Any member of the Lariidae.

lariids
plural of lariid.

larva
An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
An animal in the aforementioned stage.
A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.
A preliminary stage of someone or something, before it has fully matured, especially a time of growth rather than one of performance.

larvae
plural of larva

larvalization
Conversion into a larva

larvas
plural of larva

larve
Dated form of larva.

larves
plural of larve

larviculture
The breeding and farming of fish or shellfish larvae

larvivore
Anything that eats larvae

larvivores
plural of larvivore

larvule
A larva in its earliest and least developed stage.

larvules
plural of larvule.