Lacinia Definition

lə-sĭnē-ə
noun
A slash in or a slender lobe of a leaf or petal.
American Heritage
The apex of the insect maxilla.
American Heritage Medicine

(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.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Lacinia

  • Latin, the lappet or flap of a garment.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin fringe, hem

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

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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