- L1 - L4:
- first through fourth larval stages of nematodes.
- lacuna:
- a canal within the tegument of Acanthocephala.
- lacunar system:
- a ladder-like network of lacunae.
- larva:
- general term for any life cycle stage between egg and adult. In insects it
is he stage which hatches from the egg.
- larviparous:
- producing eggs which hatch within the female and emerge as larvae.
- Laurer's canal:
- a blind canal terminating at the base of the seminal receptacle in Digenea;
possibly a vestigial vagina.
- lemniscus:
- paired structure attached to the inner, posterior part of the neck of
Acanthocephala.
- lesion:
- physically damaged area of host tissue caused by a foreign agent.
- ligament sac:
- one or two thin sacs arising at the base of the proboscis receptacle of
Acanthocephala and extending to near the genital pore; the reproductive organs
are enclosed.
- lip:
- a fleshy projection around the oral opening of nematodes.
- lobate:
- having a lobed structure, or with an irregular margin suggestive of the
presence of separate lobes.
- loculus:
- a sucker-like depression.
- lycophore:
- ciliated, 10-hooked larva of Cestodaria.