Search the Dictionary

See Llama.

Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

golia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

One who believes in Lamaism.

Of or pertaining to Lamaism.

The manatee. [Written also lamentin, and lamantine.]

Pertaining to, or involved in, the doctrines of Lamarckianism.

Lamarckism.

The theory that structural variations, characteristic of species and genera, are produced in animals and plants by the direct influence of physical environments, and esp., in the case of animals, by effort, or by use or disuse of certain organs.

A mo

r expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly (, adv.

A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked. "a gay calamanco waistcoat." Tatler.

A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel- brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of back, shaped very much like a quill pen.…

Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorousky. "Clamant children." Thomson.

The act of crying out. Sir T. Browne.

A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.