leeward tide
- n a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
leatherback
- n wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
leatherback turtle
- n wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
leatherjack
- n any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
leatherjacket
- n any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
- n any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
- n tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
leatherleaf
- n stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
- n north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers
leatherleaf fern
- n widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
leatherleaf saxifrage
- n plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
leatherwood
- n shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
- n deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers
leathery grape fern
- n European fern with leathery and sparsely hairy fronds
leathery polypody
- n stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib
leathery turtle
- n wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle
lebistes reticulatus
- n small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums