Lucernaria | ‖n. [ NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. ] (Zool.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Lucernarian | a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. -- |