n. Discernment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. lucerna a lamp. ] Of or pertaining to a lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lucernal microscope,
‖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 ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. --
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lucernaria. ] (Zool.)