Lucernarida
(||Lu`cer*nar"i*da) n. pl. [NL. See Lucernaria.] (Zoöl.) (a) A division of acalephs, including
Lucernaria and allied genera; — called also Calycozoa. (b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including
both the true Lucernarida and the Discophora.
Lucerne
(Lu"cerne) n. (Bot.) See Lucern, the plant.
Lucid
(Lu"cid) a. [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See Light, n.]
1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven.
Lucid, like a glowworm.
Sir I. Newton.
A court compact of lucid marbles.
Tennyson. 2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." Milton.
3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate.
Macaulay. 4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the
regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.
Syn. — Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See Luminous.
Lucidity
(Lu*cid"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. lucidité. See Lucid.] The quality or state of being lucid.
Lucidly
(Lu"cid*ly) adv. In a lucid manner.
Lucidness
(Lu"cid*ness), n. The quality of being lucid; lucidity.
Lucifer
(Lu"ci*fer) n. [L., bringing light, n., the morning star, fr. lux, lucis, light + ferre to bring.]
1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; — applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king
of Babylon.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground
which didst weaken the nations !
Is. xiv. 12.
Tertullian and Gregory the Great understood this passage of Isaiah in reference to the fall of Satan; in
consequence of which the name Lucifer has since been applied to Satan.
Kitto. 2. Hence, Satan.
How wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! . . .
When he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
Never
to hope again.
Shak. 3. A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; —
called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco.
4. (Zoöl.) A genus of free- swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages.
