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Any aquatic pulmonate gastropod belonging to Planorbis, Limnaea, and allied genera; a pond snail.
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A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
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An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense.
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An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnaea and Planorbis.
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The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or decoration so produced.
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To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental figures, letters, or borders.
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A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.
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See Limoniad.
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An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
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A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe.
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One who illuminates books.
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An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar habits.
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To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.
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A painter; an artist
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One who paints portraits.
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