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CLASSIFICATION OF VERTEBRATA 



Microlcstes, piKpos small, tcffrrffi 



robber, 39 

 Mierosauri, 12 

 Mixiptervgium, Gegenbaur's term 



for the copulatory claspers of 



Elasmobranclii, pc^ts cojjula- 



tion, 5 

 Mixosaurus " mixed, intermediate, 



Saurian," 24 

 Moloch, 25 

 Molossus, 52 

 Molva, Latinised from French 



viorue, Italian molua, hence the 



mediaeval morrhiia, 9 

 Momotus, native name, 36 

 Monodelphia, povos single, un- 

 paired, 8e\<pvs womb, 41 

 Monodon, p.6vos single, oSoi's tooth, 



44 

 Monorhina, povos single, unpaired, 



pis nostril, 2 

 Monotremata, povos single, un- 

 paired, Tprjpa opening (cloacal), 39 

 Mormyrus, poppvpos some sea-fish, 



poppvpto I murmur, 9 

 Moropus, pwpos sluggish, 7rovs 



foot, 41 

 Morosaurus, pwpos stupid, 22 

 Morotherium, pwpos stupid, 41 

 Mosa.sauri, Mosa the river Maas, 24 

 Moschus, 49 

 M alius, 9 

 Muraena, 9 

 Mus, 43 



Muscardinus, 43 

 Muscicapa, mtuea fly, caper* to 



catch, 38 

 Musophaga, musa the banana, 



(payelv to eat, 36 

 Mustela, weasel, 50 

 Mustelus, weasel, 6 

 Mycetes, pvKijrrjs a roarer, 53 

 Myliobates, pvkias millstone, (Saris 



a ray, 6 

 Mylodon, pvXos millstone, 41 

 Myobatrachus, pvs mouse, ftdrpa- 



\os frog, 15 

 Myogale, pvs mouse, -yaA.7/ weasel, B 1 



Myomorpba " mouse -shaped ani- 

 mals," 43 

 Myopotamus, pvs mouse, -rorapos 



river, 43 

 Myoxus, dormouse, 43 

 Myriacanthus, pvpios countless, 



oucavda spine, 7 

 Myrmecobius, p.vppij£ ant, /Stow I 



live (on), 40 

 M vimecophaga, fivpfirj^ ant, (payeiv 



to eat, 41 

 Mystacoceti, fiwTa^' moustache, 



ktjtos whale, 44 

 Myxine, pv£lvos a slimy fish, p\'l~a 



slime, 2 

 Myxinoides, 2 



Naja, nag (Hindustani) snake, 29 

 Necrogymnurus, va<p6s dead, 



yvpvos naked, ovpd tail, 51 

 Necrolemur, venpos corpse, 52 

 Necturus, v?/x w I swim, ovpd tail, 



14 

 Neornithes "modern birds," 30 

 Nerophis, vtjpos wet, ocfus snake, 1 

 Nesodon, vrjcros island, 45 

 Nesomys, vt/ctos island, pvs mouse, 43 

 Nestor, 36 

 Nimravus, 51 

 Nomartbra, vopos custom, txpOpov 



joint, 41 

 Nothosauri, voBos spurious, 23 

 Notocentrous, the vertebral cen- 

 trum is formed by dorsal arena! ia 



(interdorsalia) only, 12 

 Notopteris, vwtov back, irrepov 



wing, 52 

 Notornis, votos south, 34 

 Notoryctes, votov south, opvKTqp 



a digger, 40 

 Nototherium, votos south, 41 

 Nototrema, vwtov back, Tprjpa hole, 



15 

 Numenius, 35 

 Numida, 34 

 Nycteris, vvurtpis a nocturnal 



animal, 52 

 Nyctibius, i>i'£ night, /Sioco I live, 37 



