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Being without lungs.

A long-tailed monkey (Semnopithecus schislaceus), from the mountainous districts of India.

Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known.

e; -- so called because the spotted appearance of the leaves resembles that of a diseased lung.

Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases. Bache.

Resembling the moon in shape.

lting from the united action, or pertaining to the mutual relations, of the sun and moon. Lunisolar precession (Astron.), that portion of the annual precession of the equinoxes which depends on the joint action of the sun and moon. -- Lunisolar year, a period of time, at the end of which, in the Julian calendar, the n…

The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]

Pertaining to tidal movements dependent on the moon. Bache. Lunitidal interval. See Retard, n.

The match cord formerly used in firing cannon.

Same as Lunule.

Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

Resembling a small crescent. Gray.

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.

A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

Any bryozoan of the genus Lunulites, having a more or less circular form.

Crazy; mentally unsound. [Written also loony.] [Law, U.S.]

Of or pertaining to the Lupercalia.

A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.

A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.