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MASSIVE 



French word.] =Hapale penicillata: a small 

 monkey, resembling the squirrel, peculiar 

 to tropical America. 



Marmot, (mar'mot). [Marmotte, the French 

 name. ] = Arcto- 



mys: an animal i 



belonging to Ro- 

 dentia. 



Marois. An, Oce- 

 anic race. 



Marquetry, (mar'- 

 ket-ri). [Marque- 

 terie, the French 

 word.] The orna- 

 mental arrange- Marmot, 

 ment of a number of small pieces of wood. 

 cf. Parquetry. 



Marquoi's rulers, (mar'kwaw). [M. Marquoi.] 

 For drawing a number of parallel lines, and 

 also others perpendicular to these. 



Marram grass=Psamma arenaria=Arundo 

 arenaria : a plant belonging to Grami- 

 naceae; also called sea-reed. 



Marrow, (mar'ro). [Mearg, the A.-S. name.] 

 =Medulla: a fatty substance found in large 

 bones. 



Marrubium, (mar-ro'bi-um). [Heb. marrob, 

 bitter juice. ]= White horehound: an herb 

 belonging to Lamiaceae. 



Mars, (mars.) [Classical.] The planet next 

 beyond the earth, 140 millions of miles 

 from the sun: its diameter is 4363 miles, 

 and length of year 687 days ; presents 

 sometimes a full and sometimes a gibbous 

 appearance, like the moon; and shines with 

 ' a ruddy light, whence it is named after 

 the god of war. 



Marsh, (marsh). [Merse, the A.-S. word.] 

 M. cinquefoil = Comarum palustre=:Poten- 

 tilla comarum: an herb belonging to Rosaceae. 

 M. marigold = Caltha palustris, q.v. M. 

 r/m Mo w= Althaea officinalis, q.v. ; also called 

 Hibiscus. M. oier=Mustela vison. M. 

 samphire=Sa,licornia. herbacese. M. warbler 

 =Salicaria palustris. ; v. Warbler. 



Marsh gas = CH4 = Carburetted hydrogen 

 (Light), 2.v.=Methyl hydride. M. series= 

 CnH2n+2 : includes the hydrides of Methyl, 

 Ethyl, Propyl, Butyl, &c., hydrogen being 

 the hypothetical first term. M. type= 

 CH 4 . 



Marsh's test for arsenic. By the combination 

 of hydrogen with arsenic if it be present. 



Marsileacese, ( mar - sil-e - a'se - e ). [ Count 

 Marsigli of Italy.]=Pepper-worts: stemless, 

 flowerless plants, found in ditches; belonging 

 to Lycopodales. 



Marsipobranchii, (mar-si-po-brangTci-i). [Gk. 

 marsipos, pouch; bragchia, gill.]r=Lampreys, 

 hag fishes: fishes with pouch-like gills; a 

 primary division of fishes. 



Marsupial bones, (mar-su'pi-al). [Marsupium, 

 q.v.] Ossifications or chondrifications of the 

 internal tendon of the external muscle of the 

 abdomen. 



Marsupialia, (mar-su-pi-a/li-a). [Marsupium, 

 fl.i>.]=Didelphia: vertebrate animals, mostly 

 Australian, the young of which is kept for a 

 time after birth in an abdominal pouch; a 







primary division of Mammalia, connecting 



mammals with birds. 

 Marsupium, ( mar-su'pi-um ). [L. tnarsu- 



pium, pouch.] 1. A fold of the skin of the 



abdomen above the pelvis. 2. A membraue 



in the eye. 

 Martagon, (mar'ta-gon). [The French name.] 



Purple Lily=.U\i- 



um M. ; also called 



Turk's cap.: a plant 



belonging to Lilia- 



cese. 

 Martello tower, 



(mar-tel'lo). [Mor- 



tello in Corsica.] 



A small round fort, ^ 



usually for defence : 



of the coast. 

 Marten, ( mar'ten ). . 



[Martre, the French 



name.] = Mustela 



martes: a weaa 



like animal. Martello-tower. 



Martial, Belonging to the planet Mars. 

 Martin, (mar'tin). [Martinet, the French 



name.] = Hirundo 



nrbica: a swallow- 

 like bird; also called 



Chelidon urbica. 



Fairy M. Hi- 

 rundo ariel: an- ^ 



Australian bird. ^ 



Sand M. = Cotyle 



riparia. 

 Martinet, (mar'ti- 



net). [The French Martin. 



name.] A swallow-like bird; also called 



Griffon. 

 Martius's classification of plants, made in 



1835 by Professor M. of Munich: 

 Primitive vegetation 



A nanths= Flowerless plants. 

 Loxines=Monocotyledons. 

 Tympanochetes=Gymnogens 

 Orthoines=Dicotyledons. 

 Secondary vegetation 



Fun gals. 

 Masked. M. grosbeaks=. Eophona personata. 



M. mojiey=Callithrix personata. 

 Mason wasp: v. Wasps. 

 Masonry, (ma'son-ri)i=Stone-work: walls, &c., 



composed of stone. 

 Mason's hygrometer Wet bulb hygrometer: 



two thermometers on one stand, one of 



which has its bulb kept wet. The difference 



between the two shows the amount of 



moisture in the air. 

 Masseter muscle, (mas'e-ter). [Gk. maseter, 



a chewer.] In the face: from the malar bone 



to the lower jaw. 

 Massey's sounding machine, A brass shield, 



with vanes, which revolve as they descend, 



and register the distance travelled by means 



of indices resembling those of a gas meter. 

 Massicot, (mas'si-cot). [The French word.] 



Yellow oxide of lead, used as a pigment. 

 Massiha. No. 20 of the Minor Planets, q.v. 

 Massive type of animals. Von Baer's term 



for Mollusca. 



