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A name given to several species of the orchidaceous genus Spiranthes, in which the white flowers are set in spirals about a slender axis and remotely resemble braided hair.

A gallant who captivates the hearts of women. "A renowned dandy and lady-killer." Blackw. Mag.

earts of women. Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing. Thackeray.

Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidæ); -- called also ladybug, ladyclock, lady cow, lady fly, and lady beetle. Coccinella seplempunctata in one of the common European species. See Coccinella.

Same as Ladybird.

See Ladyrird.

A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabé.

The state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a lady.

A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.

Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred. She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days. Hawthorne.

The quality or state of being ladylike.

A sweetheart or mistress.

The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your.) Your ladyship shall observe their gravity. B. Jonson.

s, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.

See Lammergeir.

One of the Læmodipoda.

ntary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.

Of or pertaining to the Læmodipoda.

. The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Lætare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service.

Having a smooth surface, as if polished.