Lacinia definition

lə-sĭnē-ə
A slash in or a slender lobe of a leaf or petal.
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The apex of the insect maxilla.
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The apex of the insect maxilla.
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(botany) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
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(botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
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(zoology) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
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Origin of lacinia

  • Latin fringe, hem

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin, the lappet or flap of a garment.

    From Wiktionary

Lacinia Sentence Examples

  • The inner lobe (lacinia) of the first maxilla terminates in an articulated hook, while in the second maxillae (labium) both inner and outer lobes ("ligula" and "para-glossae") are much Gyrinus sulcatus reduced.

  • I, C, ca, st) bearing a distinct inner and outer lobe (lacinia and galea, fig.

  • In many bloodsucking flies, for example, the galea is absent, while the lacinia becomes a strong knife-like piercer and the palp is well developed.

  • In butterflies and moths the lacinia is absent while the galea becomes a flexible process, grooved on its inner face, so as to make with its fellow a hollow sucking-trunk, and the palp is usually very small.

  • Mandibles present in pupa, vestigial in imago; maxillae suctorial without specialization; first maxillae with lacinia, galea and palp. Prothorax small.

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