limnobios
the animals and plants of fresh water considered collectively

limnocytherid
Any ostracod in the family Limnocytheridae.

limnocytherids
plural of limnocytherid

limnofauna
The animals that live in fresh water

limnoplankton
The plankton of fresh waters, especially of lakes

limoniad
A meadow nymph.

limoniads
plural of limoniad

limuline
Any horseshoe crab of the infraorder Limulina

limulines
plural of limuline

limuloid
Any horseshoe crab of the superfamily Limuloidea

limuloids
plural of limuloid

lindwyrms
plural of lindwyrm

lined snake
Any snake in the species Tropidoclonion lineatum, which is found in the central United States.

linesider
A fish, the striped bass.
A person by the lineside, often for the purpose of observing and photographing trains.

linesiders
plural of linesider

lingcod
Ophiodon elongatus, a fish of the greenlings, of the family Hexagrammidae, native to the west coast of North America.

lingcods
plural of lingcod

linguatuliasis
Alternative form of linguatulosis.

linguatulosis
A condition caused by the parasitic crustacean Linguatula serrata.

lingula
A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.
Any of several tongue-shaped bony structures, especially that which forms the anterior border of the mandibular foramen.
Any small, fleshy tongue-shaped structure, such as in the anatomy of the brain or the human left lung, or in the whitefly vasiform orifice.

lingulae
plural of lingula

liocranid
Any member of the family Liocranidae of certain sac spiders.

liocranids
plural of liocranid

liolaemid
Any lizard in the family Liolaemidae.

liolaemids
plural of liolaemid

lion fish
Alternative form of lionfish.

lionburger
A burger made with lion meat.

lionburgers
plural of lionburger

lionet
A lion cub.

lionets
plural of lionet

lionfish
Any of various ray-finned fishes of the tribe Pteroini (especially of the genus Pterois) in the family Scorpaenidae.

lionfishes
plural of lionfish

lionhead
A lionhead rabbit.
A lionhead cichlid.

lionhead cichlid
A cichlid rheophile freshwater fish from Africa (Steatocranus casuarius).

lionheads
plural of lionhead

lionkeeper
The attendant who looks after a captive lion.

lionkeepers
plural of lionkeeper

lionsona
A fursona that is a lion.

lionsonas
plural of lionsona

liopleurodon
Any of the genus †Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.

liopleurodons
plural of liopleurodon

liparoceratid
Any ammonite in the family Liparoceratidae.

liparoceratids
plural of liparoceratid

lipophosphoglycan
Any of a family of phosphatidylinositol derivatives of glycan that coats the surfaces of many parasitic protozoa.

lipophosphoglycans
plural of lipophosphoglycan

lipoproteome
A proteome of the lipoproteins of an organism

lipoproteomes
plural of lipoproteome

liporegulation
The biochemical regulation of fat metabolism and storage (in animals)

lipotyphlan
Any of the order Lipotyphla of animals.

lipotyphlans
plural of lipotyphlan

lipoxeny
The desertion of a host plant by a parasite to complete its development on reserve materials previously obtained from the host, as in the falling away of ergot.

lith
A limb; any member of the body.
A joint; a segment or symmetrical part or division.
A segment of an orange, or similar fruit.

lithistid
Any member of the Lithistida, a taxonomic order of sponges.

lithistids
plural of lithistid

lithobiid
Any centipede of the family Lithobiidae

lithobiids
plural of lithobiid

lithobiomorph
Any centipede of the order Lithobiomorpha.

lithopelagophil
Any fish that spawns eggs on gravel bottoms and has pelagic embryos.

lithophagine
Any mussel of the subfamily Lithophaginae

lithophagines
plural of lithophagine

liths
plural of lith

litigon
An animal born to a male lion and a female tigon.

litigons
plural of litigon

littermate
An animal born in the same litter.

littermates
plural of littermate

little tunny
A small tuna of species Euthynnus alletteratus, native to the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.

littlefur
A member of the furry subculture who is a little.

littlefurs
plural of littlefur

littlehead porgy
Calamus proridens, an edible marine ray-finned fish of the western portion of the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

littlein
Alternative form of littlun.

littleins
plural of littlein

littleneck
A small hard clam, larger than a countneck but smaller than a topneck.

littlenecks
plural of littleneck

littlun
Little one; a child or a young animal.

littluns
plural of littlun

littorinid
Any member of the Littorinidae of univalves.

littorinids
plural of littorinid

lituite
Any ammonite of the genus †Lituites, found in the Cretaceous formation.

litupa
A whip made from rhinoceros hide.

litupas
plural of litupa

livebearer
A live-bearing aquarium fish, one that retains the eggs inside the body and gives birth to live, free-swimming young.

livebearers
plural of livebearer

liwiid
Any member of the Liwiidae.

liwiids
plural of liwiid

liza
The white mullet (Mugil curema), of the subtropical Americas.

lizard
Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or part of Mosasauria — typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, four limbs and a long tail, although some species are legless.
Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
An unctuous person.
A coward.
A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.

lizardfish
Any member of the family Synodontidae of aulopiform fish.

lizardfishes
plural of lizardfish

lizardling
A small, young, or immature lizard.

lizardlings
plural of lizardling

lizards
plural of lizard

lizas
plural of liza

lizzard
Obsolete form of lizard.

lizzards
plural of lizzard

llamaback
The back of a llama (for riding or carrying burdens).

llamanaco
A mammal of the camel family that is the hybrid offspring of a llama and a guanaco.

llamanacos
plural of llamanaco

llamoid
Alternative spelling of lamoid.

llamoids
plural of llamoid

llapaca
Synonym of huarizo (“The hybrid offspring of a male llama and a female alpaca.”).

llapacas
plural of llapaca

loa
In the voodoo religion, a spirit intermediary between Bondye (the creator god) and human beings.

loach
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.
A bottom-feeding freshwater fish in the superfamily or suborder Cobitoidea.

loaches
plural of loach

loader
Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads.
A program that prepares other programs for execution.
A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.
A tractor with a scoop, for example: front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, tracked loader, wheel loader, etc.
An incentive given to a dealer.

loaders
plural of loader

loas
plural of loa

lobates
plural of lobate

lobopodians
plural of lobopodian

lobsterburger
A burger made with lobster instead of beef.

lobsterburgers
plural of lobsterburger.

lobulogenesis
The creation and development of (mammary) lobules

loch
A lake.
A bay or arm of the sea.

loche
Archaic form of loach (“kind of fish”).

loches
plural of loche

lochs
plural of loch

locotrophozoan
Misspelling of lophotrochozoan.

locustid
Any member of the Locustidae family, now included in subfamily Oedipodinae in family Acrididae.

locustids
plural of locustid

lodde
the capelin (fish).

loddes
plural of lodde

logcock
The pileated woodpecker.

logcocks
plural of logcock