Definitions for lacinia

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lacinia la·cin·i·a

Spelling: [luh-sin-ee-uh]

IPA: /ləˈsɪn i ə/

Lacinia is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in lacinia (aaciiln).

Definitions for lacinia

noun

1. Botany. a jagged or irregular part of a leaf or petal.
2. Zoology. the pointed posterior of the maxilla of an insect.

Examples for lacinia

Mala maxillae: the globes of maxilla; outer or galea, inner or lacinia; where only one is present, the term refers to that one.

Calyx 5-partitus: lacinia suprema definente in tubulum capillare nectariferum fecus pedunculum decurrentem.

The mouth-parts in this genus are much as in Tomocerus, the maxillæ ending in a lacinia and palpus.

lacinia exteriores and interiores: in Apidae, the palpiger and paraglossa often used for the gales and lacinia of maxilla.

Calyx 5-partitus: lacinia suprema definente in tubulum capillarem, nectariferum, secus pedunculum decurrentem.

In bugs and aphids the lacinia is a slender needle-like piercer (fig. 2, III), while the palp is wanting.