mesonychid
/ˈmɛzəʊˌnʌɪkɪd/noun
A member of the extinct family Mesonychidae of carnivorous ungulates, known from fossils of the middle to late Palaeocene epoch.
adjective
Belonging to, characteristic of, or designating the family Mesonychidae.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Isaac Funk (1839–1912), publisher and reformer. From scientific Latin Mesonychidae, family name from Mesonyx, genus name from meso- + ancient Greek ὄνυξ nail + -idae.
- the Lamb of God (also the Lamb)
- the land of Nod
- the land of the free
- the last minute
- the last (or final) straw
- the last straw
- the last word
- the laugh is on me (or you, him, etc.)
- the Law
- (the law of) diminishing returns
- the Law of Moses
- the law of the jungle
- the Left
- the length and breadth of
- the lesser evil (or the lesser of two evils)
- the Lido
- the lie (lay) of the land
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line
- the line of least resistance
- the line (or path) of least resistance