| lophine | <chemistry> A nitrogenous organic base obtained by the oxidation of amarine, and regarded as a derivative of benzoic aldehyde. It is obtained in long white crystalline tufts, whence its name. Origin: Gr. A tuft or crest of feathers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lophiomys | <zoology> A very singular rodent (Lophiomys Imhausi) of Northeastern Africa. It is the only known representative of a special family (Lophiomyidae), remarkable for the structure of the skull. It has handlike feet, and the hair is peculiar in structure and arrangement. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Lofia a mane, bristly ridge + my^s a mouse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophobranch | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. One of the Lophobranchii. Origin: Gr. Crest or tuft + gill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophobranchiate | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophobranchii | <zoology> An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A crest or tuft + gill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophodont | Having the crowns of the molar teeth formed in transverse or longitudinal crests or ridges, in contrast to bunodont. Origin: G. Lophos, ridge, + odous, tooth (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lophophora williamsii | The botanical origin of peyote (mescal button); it contains over a dozen alkaloids, of which mescaline is the most important; others are pellotine, anhalomine, anhalonidine, anhalamine, anhalinine, anhalidine, and lophophorine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lophophore | <zoology> A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata. Origin: Gr. A crest or tuft + to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophopoda | <zoology> Same as Phylactolemata. Origin: NL, from Gr. A crest or tuft + -poda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lophosteon | <anatomy, ornithology> The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds. (06 Mar 1998) |
| lophotrichate | Having a tuft of polar flagella. (09 Oct 1997) |
| lophotrichous | Having a tuft of polar flagella. (09 Oct 1997) |