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Of or pertaining to the Læmodipoda.

Same as Phylactolemata.

A plant of the genus Lycopodium.

Same as Lycopodium powder. See under Lycopodium.

Belonging, or relating, to the Lycopodiaceæ, an order of cryptogamous plants (called also club mosses) with branching stems, and small, crowded, one-nerved, and usually pointed leaves.

An old name for a fossil club moss.

A genus of mosslike plants, the type of the order Lycopodiaceæ; club moss. Lycopodium powder, a fine powder or dust composed of the spores of Lycopodium, and other plants of the order Lycopodiaceæ. It is highly inflammable, and is sometimes used in the manufacture of fireworks, and the artificial representation of ligh…

Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

Having long or large feet, or a long stem.

A macropod.

Having long legs or feet.

A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.

One of the Mastigopoda.

The Infusoria.

Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.

The black hellebore. [Obs.] Spenser.

The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.

Of or pertaining to the mesopodialia or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.

The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.