lituolida, lituolidea

pl. [Mod. Lat. lituol ( a ) (q. v.); Lat. neut. pl. adj. suff. -ida, -idea.] Zool .: A family of Imperforate Foraminifera. †li-tu-o-lite, s. [Mod. Lat. lituola (q. v.), and Gr. lithos a stone.] Palæont .: A fo il lituola (q. v.). †lit-u-rate, s. [Lat. lituratus , pa. par. of lituro =to rub out, to erase.] Blurred; having spots or rays which seem formed by the abrasion of the sur face. 2. Bot .: Growing on the sea-shore. B. As subst.: The shore; the country on the shore of the sea or a large lake.