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A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes.

Bearing, or composed of, lamellæ, or thin layers, plates, or scales; foliated.

Thin and flat; scalelike; lamellar.

Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese.

A group of birds embracing the Anseres and flamingoes, in which the bill is lamellate.

Composed of, or having, lamellæ; lamelliform.

An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn.

The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.

To express or feel sorrow; to weep or wail; to mourn. Jeremiah lamented for Josiah. 2 Chron. xxxv. 25. Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice. John xvi. 20.

Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. "Lamentable eye." Spenser.

wailing; audible expression of sorrow; wailing; moaning. In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and weeping Matt. ii. 18.

Mourned for; bewailed. This humble praise,lamented shade ! receive. Pope.

One who laments.

See Lamantin.

Lamentation. Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak.

In a lamenting manner.

Small steel plates combined together so as to slide one upon the form a piece of armor.

Foil or wire made of gold, silver, or brass. De Colange.

A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a with.

A thin plate or scale; a laying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.