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   Larvacea
         n 1: small free-swimming tunicates; sometimes classified as an
               order [syn: {Larvacea}, {class Larvacea}]

English Dictionary: Larvacea by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
larvacean
n
  1. any member of the class Larvacea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
larvacide
n
  1. an insecticide that kills the larvae of insects
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
larvicide
n
  1. a chemical used to kill larval pests
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawyer bush
n
  1. stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
    Synonym(s): lawyerbush, lawyer bush, bush lawyer, Rubus cissoides, Rubus australis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lawyerbush
n
  1. stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth
    Synonym(s): lawyerbush, lawyer bush, bush lawyer, Rubus cissoides, Rubus australis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lee Harvey Oswald
n
  1. United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963)
    Synonym(s): Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Larva \Lar"va\, n.; pl. L. {Larv[91]}, E. {Larvas}. [L. larva
      ghost, specter, mask.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any young insect from the time that it hatches
            from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During
            this time it usually molts several times, and may change
            its form or color each time. The larv[91] of many insects
            are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no
            trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appearing only in
            the pupa stage. In other groups of insects the larv[91]
            are totally unlike the parents in structure and habits,
            and are called {caterpillars}, {grubs}, {maggots}, etc.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The early, immature form of any animal when
            more or less of a metamorphosis takes place, before the
            assumption of the mature shape.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Larve \Larve\, n.; pl.{Larves}. [F.]
      A larva.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Field \Field\, n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G.
      feld, Sw. f[84]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS.
      folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]
      1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
            cultivated ground; the open country.
  
      2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
            inclosed for tillage or pasture.
  
                     Fields which promise corn and wine.   --Byron.
  
      3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
  
                     In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.
  
                     What though the field be lost?            --Milton.
  
      4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:
            (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
                  or projected.
            (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one
                  view.
  
                           Without covering, save yon field of stars.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                           Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
  
      5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
            of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
            it. See Illust. of {Fess}, where the field is represented
            as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
  
      6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
            operation, or achievement; province; room.
  
                     Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
                                                                              --Macaulay.
  
      7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
            contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
            betting.
  
      8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the
            players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also
            {outfield}.
  
      Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of
               belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
               reference to the operations and equipments of an army
               during a campaign away from permanent camps and
               fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is
               sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
               fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field
               geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
               investigations or collections out of doors. A survey
               uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
               measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
               (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field
               hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
               Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
  
      {Coal field} (Geol.) See under {Coal}.
  
      {Field artillery}, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the
            use of a marching army.
  
      {Field basil} (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha
            Acinos}); -- called also {basil thyme}.
  
      {Field colors} (Mil.), small flags for marking out the
            positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.
  
      {Field cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a large European cricket
            ({Gryllus campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.
  
      {Field day}.
            (a) A day in the fields.
            (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for
                  instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.
            (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
  
      {Field driver}, in New England, an officer charged with the
            driving of stray cattle to the pound.
  
      {Field duck} (Zo[94]l.), the little bustard ({Otis tetrax}),
            found in Southern Europe.
  
      {Field glass}. (Optics)
            (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a
                  race glass.
            (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches
                  long, and having 3 to 6 draws.
            (c) See {Field lens}.
  
      {Field lark}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The skylark.
            (b) The tree pipit.
  
      {Field lens} (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the
            eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound
            microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called
            also {field glass}.
  
      {Field madder} (Bot.), a plant ({Sherardia arvensis}) used in
            dyeing.
  
      {Field marshal} (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred
            in the British and other European armies.
  
      {Field mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the
            campagnol and the deer mouse. See {Campagnol}, and {Deer
            mouse}.
  
      {Field officer} (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain
            and below that of general.
  
      {Field officer's court} (U.S.Army), a court-martial
            consisting of one field officer empowered to try all
            cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison
            and regimental courts. --Farrow.
  
      {Field plover} (Zo[94]l.), the black-bellied plover
            ({Charadrius squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the
            Bartramian sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}).
  
      {Field spaniel} (Zo[94]l.), a small spaniel used in hunting
            small game.
  
      {Field sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small American sparrow ({Spizella pusilla}).
            (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]
  
      {Field staff}> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to
            hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.
  
      {Field vole} (Zo[94]l.), the European meadow mouse.
  
      {Field of ice}, a large body of floating ice; a pack.
  
      {Field}, [or] {Field of view}, in a telescope or microscope,
            the entire space within which objects are seen.
  
      {Field magnet}. see under {Magnet}.
  
      {Magnetic field}. See {Magnetic}.
  
      {To back the field}, [or] {To bet on the field}. See under
            {Back}, v. t. -- {To keep the field}.
            (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.
            (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.
  
      {To} {lay, [or] back}, {against the field}, to bet on (a
            horse, etc.) against all comers.
  
      {To take the field} (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\ (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
      genus {Menura}. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
      tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
      form of a lyre. The common lyre bird ({Menura superba}),
      inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
      Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
      wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also {lyre pheasant} and
      {lyre-tail}.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Lower Peach Tree, AL
      Zip code(s): 36751
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