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noun
- any marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk, of the class Lamellibranchia; includes the clams, scallops and oysters
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| lancelet |
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noun
- any of a group of primitive marine animals, of subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord instead of a backbone
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| lappet |
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noun
- A small decorative fold or flap, especially of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
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| leech |
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noun
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- A person who derives profit from others, in a parasitic fashion.
- (obsolete) A physician.
verb (leech, es)
- To apply a medicinally.
- To drain the resources of, without giving back.
- Bert leeched hundreds of files from the BBS, but never uploaded anything in return.
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| limpet |
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noun
- A small mollusc, of the family Patellidae with a conical shell found clinging to rocks in the intertidal zones of rocky shores.
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| lob |
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noun
- (ball sports) A pass or stroke which arches high into the air.
- The guard launched a desperate over the outstretched arms of the defender.
verb (lobs, lobbing, lobbed)
- To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arch.
- The guard lobbed a pass just over the defender.
- The tennis player lobbed the ball, which was a costly mistake.
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| lobster |
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noun
- A crustacean of the Nephrodidae family, normally red in colour, with claws, which is used as an expensive seafood.
- (historical) A soldier or officer of the imperial British Army (due to their red or scarlet uniform).
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| Lug |
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proper noun
- (alternative spelling of, Lugh)
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