lacinia
Americannoun
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Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
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Zoology. the pointed posterior of the maxilla of an insect.
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The galea, or middle division, forms a simple lobe, while the lacinia has two large chitinous teeth on the inner edge, and internally four or five hairs arising from a thin edge.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
Mandibles present in pupa, vestigial in imago; maxillae suctorial without specialization; first maxillae with lacinia, galea and palp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Mala maxillae: the globes of maxilla; outer or galea, inner or lacinia; where only one is present, the term refers to that one.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Digitus: the terminal joint of the tarsus, bearing the claws: a small appendage attached to the lacinia of the maxilla; rarely present and probably tactile.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
The maxillæ; end in a tridentate lacinia as usual, though the palpi and galea I have not yet studied.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)
They are generally of a deep roseate colour, paler near the stalk, and dark crimson within the tube, with white curly hairs bordering the laciniae of the corolla.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Fool's parsley, when young, differs from this plant but very little, being much the same in size, and the laciniae of the leaves of a similar form.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William
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