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Membranaceous, Membranous. — Thin ; semi-trans- 

 parent ; parchment -like ; resembling membrane 

 in consistency. (L. memhrana.) 



Membrane. — A thin, white animal tissue, serving 

 to line or cover the parts or organs. (L. 

 memhrana, a skin covering a member.) 



Membrane. — The membranaceous apical portion 

 of the elytra of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera. 

 (Saunders.) (L. memhrana.) 



Membranous. — Pertaining to membrane ; of the 

 consistency of membrane. (L. memhrana.) 



Meniscoidal. — Somewhat globular, with one side 

 concave ; concavo-convex ; crescent -shaped ; 

 having the form or appearance of a meniscus. 

 (Gr. meniskos, a little moon.) 



Mentum. — The smaller of the two-jointed plates 

 formed by the two basal parts of the proto- 

 podites fusing together. (L., the chin.) 



Mentum. — The chin, one of the two parts constitut- 

 ing the labium, being a corneous plate of varying 

 form, connected to the clypeus, by means of 

 a membrane, with the margin of the gula, and 

 forms from beneath the inferior covering of the 

 mouth. (L.) 



Meriaeum. — The plate or plates constituting the 

 anterior surface of the sockets of the posterior 

 legs, situated behind the acetabulum and 

 parapleura. (Knoch.) 



