repr. Gr. λεπιδο-, combining form of λεπίς scale, used in certain scientific terms (the more important are given as main words): Lepidochlore Min. [Gr. χλωρός green], an impure chlorite containing mica. Lepidocrocite Min. [Gr. κροκίς fiber], an obsolete synonym of goethite. Lepidodendroid a., pertaining to or resembling plants of the genus Lepidodendron; sb., a plant of this genus or of the group of which it is the type; also Lepidodendrid sb. ǁ Lepidodendron [Gr. δένδρον tree], a genus of fossil plants common in coal-measures, characterized by the presence on the trunk of leaf-scars; a plant of this genus; also attrib. Lepidoganoid a. Ichthyol. [see GANOID], pertaining to the Lepidoganoidei, a group of ganoid fishes having regular scales instead of plates; sb., a fish of this group. Lepidoganoidean a. = prec. adj. Lepidomelane Min. [Gr. μέλας, μέλαν-ος black], a highly ferruginous mica, usually found in aggregations of small black scales. Lepidomorphite Min. [Gr. μορφή form], a fine scaly mica, the result of the alteration of oligoclase (Chester, Dict. Min., 1896). Lepidophæite Min. [Gr. φαιός dun], a fibrous and scaly variety of lampadite (Cassell, 1884). Lepidosaurian [see SAURIAN] a., pertaining to the sub-class Lepidosauria of Reptiles, characterized by a scaly integument; sb., one of the Lepidosauria. ǁ Lepidosiren Ichthyol. [see SIREN], a genus of dipnoan fishes; a fish of this genus. Lepidosteid, Lepidosteoid a., pertaining to the family Lepidosteidæ of rhomboganoid fishes; sb., a fish of this family.
1859. C. V. Shepard, Rep. Mt. Pisgah, 6 (Chester). *Lepidochlore.
1823. H. J. Brooke, Crystallogr., 476. *Lepidokrokite.
1868. Dana, Min. (ed. 5), 170. Scaly-fibrous, or feathery columnar … the Lepidocrocite. Ibid. (1863), Geol., 395. The large *Lepidodendrids of the Coal era.
1877. Le Conte, Elem. Geol. (1879), 316. Gigantic Lepidodendrids and Sigillarids.
1876. Page, Adv. Text-bk. Geol., xiii. 223. Year after year these *lepidodendroid stems are becoming better known.
1872. Nicholson, Palæont., xliii. 475. The Lepidodendroids and Sigillaroids have now [in the Trias] completely disappeared.
1875. W. C. Williamson, in Bennett & Dyer, Sachs’ Bot., 421. The Lepidodendroid plants.
1836. Buckland, Geol. & Min. Consid., I. 468. The internal structure of the *Lepidodendron.
1867. H. Macmillan, Bible Teach., iv. (1870), 82. Lepidodendrons and Sigillarias were intermediate between pines and club-mosses, though approaching more nearly the former.
1861. Henry, Gloss. Sci. Terms, *Lepidoganoid, a sub-order of fossil fishes.
1863. Dana, Geol., 279. Scale-covered Ganoids, or *Lepidoganoids. Ibid. (1844), Min. (ed. 2), 322. *Lepidomelane … was named in allusion to its structure and color.
1879. Rutley, Stud. Rocks, x. 136. Lepidomelane occurs in small disc-sided tabular crystals, or in aggregations of minute scales.
1854. Owen, Skel. & Teeth, in Circ. Sci., Organ. Nat., I. 172. The *lepidosiren, and many fossil fishes.
1848. Carpenter, Anim. Phys., ii. (1872), 99. The Lepidosiren or mud fish.
