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A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 



MELOFO'RMIS. fr. lat. wieZo, a melon , 

 forma, shape. Melon-shaped. 



MELONI'DE. A form of fruit. 



MELO-LON'THA. fr. gr. melon, an ap- 

 ple; antkos, flower. Generic name 

 of a kind of beetle. 



MEMBRANA. Lat. A membrane. 



MEMBRANE. A name given to dif- 

 ferent thin organs, representing 

 species of supple, more or less 

 elastic, webs. 



MEMBRANA'CEOUS. ~) Belonging to, or 



MEM'BHANOUS. 5 partaking of 

 the nature of a membrane. 



MENIDES. fr. lat. meena, or niena, a 

 kind of fish. Systematic name 

 of a family of fishes. 



MENOBRAN'CHUS. fr. gr. menos, 



strength; bragchia, gills. Syste- 

 matic name of a genus of batra- 

 chians. 



MENOPO'MA. fr. gr. menos, strong: 

 poma, cover. A genus of reptiles 

 of the family of salamanders, 

 Specific name of a batrachian. 



MKN'TUM. Lat. The chin. 



MENU'RA. A genus of passerine 

 birds. The menura superba, the 

 lyre-bird. 



MEPHIT'IC. fr. mephitis, the goddess 

 of foul smells. Applied to im- 

 pure or foul exhalations. 



MEPHI'TIS. Lat. A stink, an un- 

 pleasant smell. The name given 

 to the skunk on account of its 

 odour. 



MERCURY. Quicksilver. A metal 

 which is liquid at ordinary tem- 

 peratures. 



MERE'STCHYMA. fr. gr. meros, a part ; 

 fgchuma, an infusion. Spltceren- 

 chyma. The spherical variety of 

 the parenchyma of plants. 



MER'GTTS. fr. lat. mergo, I put under 

 water. Generic name of the mer- 

 gansers. 



ME'RICARP. fr. gr. meros, a part; 

 karpos, fruit. A half of the fruit 

 of umbelliferous plants. 



MERIWO. Sp. Wandering or fe- 

 moving from pasture to pasture. 

 The name of a kind of sheep with 



very fine wool, originally from 

 Spain. 



MERITHAL'LUS fr. gr. meros, a part ; 

 thallus, a young shoot. The inter- 

 nodium of botanists ; that part of 

 the axis of a plant which is be- 

 tween two nodes. 



MERLA'NGUS. Lat. fr. fr. merlan, a 

 whiting. Systematic name of the 

 whiting. 



MERLCC'CITTS. Specific name of the 

 hake. 



ME'ROPS. Lat. A bird that eats 

 bees. Generic name of the bee- 

 eaters. 



MER'CLA. Lat. A black-bird. 



MESKKTE'RIC. Relating to the me* 

 sentery. 



MES'ENTERY. fr. gr. mcsos, in the 

 middle; enteron, an intestine. A 

 term applied to several duplica- 

 tures of the peritoneum, which 

 maintain the different portions 

 of the intestinal canal in their 

 respective situations; allowing, 

 however, more or less mobility. 



MESO. fr. gr. mesos, middle. A pre- 

 fix denoting, the middle; in the 

 centre. 



ME'SOCARP. fr. gr. mesos, middle; 

 karpos, fruit. The central enve- 

 lope of fruit. 



MESOPHLCE'UM. fr. gr. phloios, bark. 

 That portion of the bark of plants 

 which lies between the epiphlce- 

 um and the endophlosnm, or li- 

 ber. 



MEsopHYr/LtTM. fr. gr. phullon, 9. 

 leaf. The diachyma, diploe, or 

 the cellular substance of the 

 leaves of plants. 



MESOSPERM. fr. gr. sperma, seed. 

 The middle one of the three 

 membranes by which seeds are 

 sometimes enveloped. 



ME'SOTHORAX. fr. gr. mesos, the 

 middle; thorax, the chest. The 

 middle ring of the thorax of in- 

 sects, (p. 14, Book vi). 



MESPILUS.- fr. gr. mesos, half; pile, 

 bullet ; the fruit resembling a half 

 ball. The medlar. 



