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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 511(ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, glycogen containingcells that develop from and back to leucocytes duringmolting.lecithin n. [Gr. lekithos, egg yolk; -in, ending for fats, etc.] Avery common, widely dispersed phospholipid, found inmany kinds of cells.lecithotrophic a. [Gr. lekithos, egg yolk; trophe, food] Obtainingnourishment from a large quantity of stored yolk, asin various invertebrates.lecithotrophic development (BRYO: Gymnolaemata) Productionof brooding larvae lacking a digestive tract.lectoallotype n. [Gr. lektos, choose; allos, other; typos, type]A subsequent specimen of the opposite sex of the lectotypechosen from the original material.lectotype n. [Gr. lektos, choose; typos, type] A specimen selectedfrom a syntypic series that, subsequent to the publicationof the original description, is selected and designatedthrough publication to serve as the type.left valve (MOLL: Bivalvia) While holding the bivalve shell withthe hinge up and the apex or umbo pointed away from thepallial sinus toward the holder, the left valve is to the left.lek n. [Sw. lika, to play] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A communal displayarea where males congregate for the purpose of attractingand courting females, and to which females come for mating;sometimes called an arena.lemniscate, lemniscata n. [Gr. lemniskos, ribbon] A clubshapedorgan.lemniscus n.; lemnisci pl. [Gr. lemniskos, ribbon] (ACANTHO)One of a pair of elongate structures attached to the neckregion and extending into the trunk cavity; may act as areservoir for the fluid of the neck region when the proboscisis invaginated.lemnoblast see Schwann celllength n. [A.S. lang, long] (MOLL: Bivalvia) Greatest dimensionby a projection of the shell extremities onto the cardinalaxis.lens n.; pl. lenses [L. lens, lentil] Transparent covering of the