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of Leap. Leaped. Chaucer.

Same as Lepadoid.

A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidæ; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.

A sterile transformed stamen.

Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.

A person affected with leprosy.

Affected or tainted with leprosy.

To affect with leprosy.

Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous. "The leperous distillment." Shak.

Pleasant; jocose. [R.] The joyous and lepid consul. Sydney Smith.

An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.

One of an extinct family of trees allied to the modern club mosses, and including Lepidodendron and its allies.

Allied to, or resembling, Lepidodendron. -- n.

A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.

Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.

A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica.

An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica.

One of the Lepidoptera.

An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.

Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.