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MoTACiLLA ALBA. The white wagtail: a passerine bird, 660 



MuoiL. Grey mullet: teleostean fish (Mugilidse). 



MuREx. A genus of marine gastropod mollusc, juice from the glands of which provided the 



Tyrian purple dye (Prosobranch), 197 

 Mus MuscuLVs. The house mouse: myomorph rodent (Muridae). 

 MuscA DOMESTicA. The house-fly: a dipterous insect (Muscidae), 172 

 MvsTELA ERMiSEA. The stoat or ermine (in its winter white) (in America, a weasel): a 



mustelid carnivore. 

 M. yiVALis. The weasel (in England), 472 

 M. puTORivs. See Pctorius putorivs. 



MUSTELID^. A family of carnivores, comprising the otter, badger, stoat, skunk, etc. 

 MvsTELUs. A genus of dogfish or " hound ": a selachian fish, 285 

 Mta A res ARIA. The long clam: a bivalve mollusc, 131 

 Mtliobatis. Eagle-ray: batoid selachian fish, 283 

 Mtocasior corpus. The coypu: a South American aquatic rodent, the fur of which is 



" nutria " (Hystricomorph). 

 Mtooale. Water-mole, or desman: insectivore (Talpidae). 

 MYOMORPHA. A division of the rodents comprising the rat, mouse, vole, etc. 

 MYBiAPODA. A class of Aithropoda comprising the Chilopoda (centipedes) and Diplopoda 



(millipedes). 

 Mfrmecobius. Banded ant-eater: Australian marsupial (Dasyuridse), 437 

 Mtrmecophaga. The giant ant-eater: South American mammal (Xenarthra), 600 

 MYSTACOCETi. A sub-order of Cetacea comprising the baleen or whale-bone whales. 

 Mttilvs EDVLis. The edible mussel: a bivalve mollusc, 200 

 Mtxicola ^sthetjca. a free-swimming polychaete worm. 

 Mtxine GLUTiyosA. The glutinous hag-fish: a mud-dwelling or parasitic cyclostome, 114, 



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 Mrzus. A genus of aphid: hemipterous insect (Aphididse). 



Naja tripudiass. The Indian cobra: a colubrid snake (Elapinae), 386 



Nasua. The coati: American carnivore (Procyonidae), 444 



NAUPLius. The larval stage of many marine crustaceans [e.g., barnacles, copepods, etc.). 



Nautilus pompilius. The pearly nautilus: the only extant tetrabranchiate cephalopod 

 mollusc, 139 



Necrophorvs. The burying beetle: coleopterous insect, 219 



Necturus. Mud-puppy: urodelan amphibian related to Proteus, 349 



NEMATODA. A phylum of unsegmented worms comprising the mainly parasitic round- or 

 thread-worms. 



NEMERTEA. A phj'luna of unsegmented worms comprising the mainly marine ribbon- 

 worms. 



Nemestri.sus. a genus of macaque monkey: Primate (Catarrhine). 



Neoceratodvs. a genus of lung-fish of Queensland: dipnoan fish, 312 



Neodiprio.v. a genus of saw-fly: hymenopterous insect (Tenthredinidae). 



Nereis. The rag-worm: free-swimming polychaete worm, 191 



NEtJROPTERA. An Order of insects comprising the lace-wings, ant-lions, etc. 



Noctiluca. a genus of luminescent dinoflagellate: a flagellate protozoon, 179, 738 



NoTECHis. Tiger snake: a genus of crotalid snake (Elapidae). 



Notosecta. Water-boatman, or water-bug: a genus of hemipterous insect, 73 



NoTORTCTES TTPHLOPs. The Australian marsupial mole, 437 



NoTROPis. Shiner: a fresh-water American genus of cv'prinoid teleostean fish. 



NUDiBBANCHiA. Sca-slugs: an order of gastropod molluscs, 196 



NuiiiDA PUCBERASi. The guinea-hen: Galliformes (pheasant family). 



Ntcticebus. Slow loris: lemuroid primate. 



NrcTicoRAX. The night heron: Ciconiiformes, 413 



Ntctipithecvs [Aotes). The night monkey or Douroucouli: American nocturnal monkey 

 (Cebidae). 



NYMPH. The immature stage of certain insects which undergo incomplete metamorphosis 

 (e.g., Orthoptera, Hemiptera, etc.). 



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