lucernaria

Lucernaria

Lu`cer*na"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Lucernaria is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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