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Lep (lp), obs. strong imp. of Leap. Leaped. Chaucer.

Lep"a*dite (-*dt), n. [L. lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr. lepa`s, lepa`dos.] (Zoöl.) Same as Lepadoid.

Lep"a*doid (-*doid), n. [Lepas + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidæ; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.

Lep"al (lp"al), n. [Gr. lepi`s a scale: cf. F. lépale.] (Bot.) A sterile transformed stamen.

||Le"pas (l"ps), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr. lepa`s.] (Zoöl.) Any one of ||various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found ||attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- ||called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle. || Lep"er (lp"r), n. [OE. lepre leprosy, F. lèpre, L. leprae, lepra, fr. Gr. le`pra, fr. lepro`s scaly, fr. le`pos scale, le`pein to peel.] A person affected with leprosy.

Lep"ered (-rd), a. Affected or tainted with leprosy.

Lep"er*ize (lp"r*z), v. t. To affect with leprosy.

Lep"er*ous (-r*s), a. Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous. "The leperous distillment." Shak.

Lep"id (-d), a. [L. lepidus.] Pleasant; jocose. [R.]

The joyous and lepid consul.

Sydney Smith.

Lep"i*dine (lp"*dn or *dn), n. (Chem.) An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.

Lep`i*do*den"drid (lp`*d*dn"drd), n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.

Lep`i*do*den"droid (-droid), a. (Paleon.) Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron. -- n. A lepidodendrid.

||Lep`i*do*den"dron (-drn), n. [NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + ||de`ndron tree.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and ||Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in ||quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks. || Lep`i*do*ga"noid (lp`*d*g"noid or -gn"oid), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + E. ganoid.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.

Le*pid"o*lite (l*pd"*lt; 277), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + -lite: cf. F. lépidolithe.] (Min.) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.

Lep`i*dom"e*lane (lp`*dm"*ln), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + me`las, me`laina, black.] (Min.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.

Lep`i*dop"ter (lp`*dp"tr), n. [Cf. F. lépidoptère.] (Zoöl.) One of the Lepidoptera.

||Lep`i*dop"te*ra (-dp"t*r), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s - i`dos, a ||scale + ptero`n a feather, wing.] (Zoöl.) An order of insects, which ||includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered ||with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored. || They have a tubular proboscis, or haustellum, formed by the two slender maxillæ. The labial palpi are usually large, and the proboscis, when not in use, can be coiled up spirally between them. The mandibles are rudimentary. The larvæ, called caterpillars, are often brightly colored, and they commonly feed on leaves. The adults feed chiefly on the honey of flowers.

{ Lep`i*dop"ter*al (-tr*al), Lep`i*dop"ter*ous (-s), } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.

Lep`i*dop"ter*ist, n. (Zoöl.) One who studies the Lepidoptera.

||Lep`i*do*sau"ri*a (-d*s"r*), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lepi`s - i`dos, a ||scale + say^ros a lizard.] (Zoöl.) A division of reptiles, including ||the serpents and lizards; the Plagiotremata. || Lep`i*do*si"ren (-s"rn), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + seirh`n a siren.] (Zoöl.) An eel- shaped ganoid fish of the order Dipnoi, having both gills and lungs. It inhabits the rivers of South America. The name is also applied to a related African species (Protopterus annectens). The lepidosirens grow to a length of from four to six feet. Called also doko.

{ Lep"i*dote (lp"*dt), Lep"i*do`ted (-d`td), } a. [Gr. lepidwto`s covered with scales, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Bot.) Having a coat of scurfy scales, as the leaves of the oleaster.

||Le*pis"ma (l*pz"m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s ||-i`dos, a scale.] (Zoöl.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects ||having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and ||terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species (Lepisma ||saccharina) is found in houses, and often injures books and ||furniture. Called also shiner, silver witch, silver moth, and ||furniture bug. || Le*pis"moid (-moid), a. [Lepisma + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Lepisma.

Lep"o*rine (lp"*rn or - rn), a. [L. leporinus, fr. lepus, leporis, hare. See Leveret.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a hare; like or characteristic of, a hare.

||Le"pra (l"pr), n. [L. See Leper.] (Med.) Leprosy. || The term lepra was formerly given to various skin diseases, the leprosy of modern authors being Lepra Arabum. See Leprosy.

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Lep"re (lp"r), n. Leprosy.[Obs.] Wyclif.