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MIMICRY 



black-cap, chiff-chaff, cuckoo, hoopoe, martin, 

 nightingale, shrike, swallow, swift, warbler, 



Mildew, (mil'du). [Mildeaw, the A.-S. name.] 

 Puccinia graminis, and other minute para- 

 sitical fungi, belonging to Coniomycetes, q.v., 

 found on corn stems. 



Mile, (mil). [Mil., the A.-S. word.] Statute 

 M.:=1760 yds. =80 chains. Nautical or Sea 

 M.=l minute of latitude=2027 yds. Metric 

 Af.=French kilometre=1093 yards. 



Milfoil, (niil'foil). [L. mille, thousand; 

 folium, leaf.] Yarrow=Achillea Millefolium 

 =A plant belonging to Asteracese, named 

 from its divided leaves. 



Miliola, (mil-i-6'la). [L. milium, millet.] A 

 microscopic animal belonging to Foramini- 

 fera. 



Miliolite, (mil'i-o-llt). [Miliola, q.v.] M. 

 limestone : a building stone in French 

 Middle Eocene, chiefly microscopic shells of 

 Miliola. 



Milium, (mil'i-um). [F. mille, thousand;]= 

 Millet-grass : a plant belonging to Gram- 

 Milk, '(milk). [Mile, the A.-S. word.] A 

 sweet oily liquid secreted by mammalian 

 animals for food for their young: chiefly 

 Water and sugar, with casein, butter, &c. 

 M. sugar: Ci^H^On; also called Lactin and 

 Lactose, q.v. M. thistle=.Ca.rd\ni& marianus. 

 M. ve<c/t=Astragalus, q.v. M. worl=Poly- 

 gala vulgaris, named from being given to 

 cows to increase the supply of miik. Sea 

 M. ?ew=Glaux: belongs to Primulaceae. 



.M. zoors:=Polygalace3e, q.v. 



Milky way. A nebuJa extending over a large 

 portion (about t*j) of the heavens, named 

 from its colour: composed of an enormous 

 number of faint stars. Of the 20 millions 

 of visible stars, 18 millions are in or near 

 the Milky Way. This shows in which direc- 

 tion our universe of stars extends the far- 

 thest: the stars being behind each other at 

 enormous intervals. 



Mill. Barker's M. = Hydraulic tourniquet, 

 q.v. Light JVf.= Radiometer, q.v. 



Millefoil=Milfoil, q.v. 



Millepora, (mil-le-po'ra). [Li mille, thousand; 

 porus, pore.] Zoan- 

 tharia tabulata: the 

 reef -building coral, 

 belonging to Mille- 

 poridse. 



Milleporidae, (mil-le- 

 por'i-de). [Mille- 

 pora, q.v.] A division 

 of tabulate corals, 

 approximating to 

 sponges, belonging to 

 Actinozoa. 



Miller -Casella Thermometer. [Dr. Miller 

 and Mr. Cassella.] A modification of Six's 

 self-registering thermometer enclosed in a 

 double case, the interval being nearly filled 

 with liquid, a small bell of air being left to 

 allow of the outer case being compressed by 

 the great weight of water above it, without 

 the inner one being affected. 



Millepore. 



Miller's. M.dog=A. 



shark-like fish. M. 



thumb=Cottns go- ' 



bio: a small fresh- 



water fish. 

 MilleriterrBeyrich- 



ite = Capillary py- 



rites =Native pro- 



tosulphide of nickel. Miller's-thumb. 

 Millet, (mil'let). [Milium, the Latin name.] 



M. #rass=Milium. M. seed= 



Uolcus sorghum. German M. = 



Setaria Germania. Great In- 



dian M. =Guinea corn=Andro- 



pogon sorghum. Indian M.= 



Paucicum. 

 Milli, (mil'li). [F. mille, thou- 



sand.] = TtfVc'' Millimetre = 

 metre^-03937 inch; also 

 ed Strick and Line. Milli- 



grains. Millilitre^^Vff litre='06103 cubic 

 inch. 



Millier=10 quintals=l ton nearly. 

 Million, (mil'yon). [The French word.]=One 

 thousand thousand; 1,000,000. 

 Millipedes (mil-lip'e-dez). [L. mille, thou- 

 sand; pes, foot.]=Chilognatha: insects be- 

 Idnging to Myriapodo, with the body in 

 rounded segments, each having, usually, two 

 pairs of limbs. 



Millstone-grit = Fare well Rock: a sub-division 

 of the Carboniferous formation, between the 

 carboniferous limestone and coal measures; 

 sometimes used for millstones. 

 Milne-Edwards' classification of animals 

 Odteozaria=Vertebrata. 

 Allantoidians. 

 Mammalia. 



Monodelphia. 

 Bitnana. 



Quadrumana, &c. 

 Didelphia. 



Marsupialia, 

 Birds. 

 Reptiles. 

 Anallantoidians. 

 Batrachians. 

 Fishes. 



Entomoza=:Anellata. 

 Arthropoda. 

 Insecta. 

 Myriapoda. 

 Arachnida. 

 Crustacea. 

 Vermes. 



Malacozoaria=Mollusca. 

 Zoophytes. 



Milvus, (mil'vus). [The Latin name.] Kite; 

 a bird of prey, belonging to Falconidse. 

 Mimetic, (mi-met'ik). [Gk. mimetes, imita- 

 tor.] Imitative: relating to mimicry, q.v. 

 Mimetite, (mim'e-tit). [Gk. mimetes, imita- 

 tor.] =Mimetesite: one of the lead group of 

 minerals, crystallising in hexagons, chiefly 

 arseniate of lead. 



Mimicry, (mim'i-kri). A close involuntary ex- 

 ternal likeness, causing animals and plants 



