lentigerousadj.
/lɛnˈtɪdʒərəs/ Having a crystalline lens; said of the eyes of some molluscs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of
pedal1625
sinistral1803
lingual1826
byssiferous1835
pallial1836
metapodal1853
byssal1854
boreal1856
branchio-parietal1856
odontophorous1870
odontophoral1877
branchio-pallial1880
lentigerous1883
osphradial1883
pleurecbolic1883
pleurembolic1883
byssogenous1886
ctenidial1888
metapodial1890
pseudofaecal1953
1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 680/2 The two lines of development of the Molluscan eye..the punctigerous and the lentigerous.
1889 in Cent. Dict.
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adj.1883