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  1. A small piratical vessel without a deck.
  2. [capitalized] [NL.] The typical genus of Lembidæ, having a crest-like membranous border, and no anterior digitiform appendages nor caudal seta. These animalcules swim very actively with a wriggling motion. They are found in salt water. L. velifer is an example.

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  1. Latin, from Greek λέμβος, a small sailing-vessel with a sharp prow.
 

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