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Maggot. — The term applies to a grub when all 

 trace of limbs has disappeared. (M.E. magot, 

 magat, from Welsh maceiad, macia, a maggot ; 

 magiaid, grubs.) 



Maggot. — The term applied to larvae when all 

 trace of limbs has disappeared. 



Male pronucleus. — The nucleated head of the active 

 sperm-cell. (Fr. male, from L. masculus, and 

 pro, nucleus, a nut.) 



Malpighian tubules.^Exceedingly fine glandular 

 tubes for excretory purposes. Generally sixty 

 to seventy in number, opening into the food 

 canal where the stomach joins the small intes- 

 tine. (Malpighi is the name of the celebrated 

 Italian anatomist, the discoverer of the tubes, 

 and L. tubus, a tube.) 



Malleoli. — Halteres. (L. malleohis, a small hammer.) 



Mammulse. — -Anal protuberances connected with 

 the spinning of web. Ex. Araneidse. (From 

 L. mammosus, protuberant.) 



Mandibles, Mandibulse.— The biting jaws, which 

 are two strong corneous bent hooks, their inner 

 margin being more or less dentate ; and which 

 articulate with the gense at their broad basis, 

 and move by ginglymus opposed to each other 

 like the blades of scissors. (L. mando, to 

 chew.) 



Mandibular. — Belonging to, or pertaining to the 

 mandibles, or the biting mouth generally. 



