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/lak"tee euhs/, adj. Archaic.milky; of the color of milk.[1640-50; < L lacteus; see LACT-, -EOUS]
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Lacteous — Lac te*ous, a. [See {Lacteal}.] 1. Milky; resembling milk. The lacteous circle. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lacteous — adj. [L. lac, milk] Of white or milky color … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
lacteous — adj. milky; having a milky color … English contemporary dictionary
lacteous — lac·te·ous … English syllables
lacteous — /ˈlæktiəs/ (say lakteeuhs) adjective milky; of the colour of milk. {Latin lacteus relating to milk} …
lacteous — ˈlaktēəs adjective Etymology: Latin lacteus of milk, milky, from lact lac milk 1. archaic : milky, white 2. : lacteal … Useful english dictionary
Lacteously — Lac te*ous*ly, adv. In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lacteal — lacteally, adv. /lak tee euhl/, adj. 1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling milk; milky. 2. Anat. conveying or containing chyle. n. 3. Anat. any of the minute lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic… … Universalium
excretory — Synonyms and related words: egestive, eliminative, excretionary, excretive, exudative, lachrymal, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, leaky, oozy, percolative, permeable, pervious, porous, rheumy, runny, salivant, salivary,… … Moby Thesaurus
lachrymal — Synonyms and related words: bloody, blubbering, chylifactive, chylifactory, chylific, crying, dissolved in tears, excretory, humoral, ichorous, in tears, lachrymose, lacrimatory, lactational, lacteal, lacteous, phlegmy, purulent, pussy, ready to… … Moby Thesaurus
