Definition of "lineola" [lineola]

• In anatomy and zoology, a small or fine line or linea; a lineolet. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In the course of a week or more, dependent on the period of the year, there is, not inevitably, but as a rule, a rapid accession of spiral forms, such as _Spirillum volutans_, _S. undula_, and similar forms, often accompanied by _Bacterium lineola_; and the whole interspersed still with inconceivable multitudes of _B. termo_."
• "Our most common species is the "Green head," or Tabanus lineola."
• "On comparing the mouth-parts of the Horse fly (Fig. 71, mouth of T. lineola), we have all the parts seen in the mosquito, but greatly modified."