lampas

Originally, Chinese flowered silk; hence, in modern times, a material of decorative character for upholstery, made of silk and wool.

Pl. lampades (-pa-dēz). An early quasi-generic or collective name of the lampshells, or such of the arthropomatous brachiopods as were known a century ago, especially Terebratulidæ.

A genus of Foraminifera: same as Robulina.

A genus of gastropods, closely related to Ravella.

In farriery, a congestion and swelling of the fleshy lining of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse. It soon subsides if left to itself.