limax

[Lat.=a slug, a snail.] Zool .: Slug. The typical genus of the family Limacide (q.v.). The shell is internal, oblong, lily-pink, s. Bot.: Aphyllanthes, a genus of Liliaceæ. lily-thorn, s. Bot.: The genus Catesbæa, order Cinchonacese, tribe Gardenidæ. *lily-white, a. Of a pure white color. lil-ý-wõrts, s. pl. [Eng. lily, and pl. worts. ] Bot.: The name given by Lindley to the order Liliaceæ (q. v.). Lima (1), s. The capital city of Peru. Lima-bean, s . Bot.: Phaseolus lunatus . Lima-wood, s. [BRAZIL (1), A.] li-ma (2), s. [Lat.lima=a file.] Zool .: A genus of Mollusks, family Ostreide. The shell is equivalve, compre ed, obliquely oval; the anterior side gaping, the posterior one rounded, terior. Animal with a foot pointed and keeled behind the mantle. Shield-shaped, with granulated or concentric str iæ. Known recent species fifty-one from Europe, and one fo il from the Eocene.