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single; thalamos, chamber.] Having but one 

 chamber or cavity. M. shells: such as of 

 Mollusca and Foraminifera. 



Monotis, (mon-6'tis). [Gk. monos, single; 

 ouas, ear.] M. bed=Gmn&a bed, q.v. 



Monotremata, (inon-o-tr&ma-ta). [Gk. monos, 

 single; trema, opening.] = Ornithodelphia: 

 animals, belonging to Mammalia, having a 

 cloaca common to the intestinal, generative, 

 and urinary organs; include only Ornithor- 

 hynchus and Echidna; resemble birds in 

 having but one intestinal orifice; resemble 

 reptiles in having a double clavicle; in other 

 respects resemble Mammalia; found only iu 

 Australasia. M. glands, v. Glands. 



Monotropa, (mon-ot'ro-pa). [Gk. monos, single; 

 tropos, turning. ]= Bird's nest: an herb, be- 

 longing to Monotropacese, named froni the 

 racemes all turning one way. 



Monotropaceae, ( mon-o-tro-pa'se-e ). [ Mono- 

 tropa, q.v.] Fir-rapes: plants of which 

 Mouotropa is the type, sometimes considered 

 as part of Ericaceae. 



Monoxides, (mon-oks'idz). [Mono and Oxide, 

 q.v.] Of the type HoO: strongly basic; in 

 which two atoms of a monad (or one atom 

 of a dyad) unite with one atom of oxygen. 



Monradite, (mon'ra-dit). A mineral, chiefly 

 silicate of magnesia. 



Monro. Foramen of M., v. Foramen. 



Monsoon, (mon-soon'). [Arabic mausun, 

 season.] A wind common in the Indian 

 Ocean: blows from S.W. from April to 

 October; blows from N.E. from October 

 to April. 



Mons Maenalus, (monz-me'na-lus). [The Latin 

 name.] A northern constellation, of small 

 stars only. 



Monster, (mon'ster). [Monstnim, the Latin 

 word.] Any organization of which the 

 development is abnormal; often used with 

 reference to large size as=enormous; but 

 properly only for some unusual form of 

 development. 



Mont Blanc. A mountain in the moon, q.v. 



Month, (munth). [Monath, the A.-S. word, 

 from mono., moon.] A division of the year, a 

 period of 30 or 31 days, excepting February. 

 Lunar month = Lunation, q.v. = Synodic 



month: 29d 12h 44m 2s 

 Tropical month=27 7 43 4[malistic. 

 Anomalistic ,, =27 13 18 37 v. Auo- 

 Sidereal =27 7 43 11 

 Nodical =27 5 5 35 



Calendar ,, = January, February, &c. 



Montia, (mon'tia). [Signer de Monti.]= 

 Blinks: a small herb belonging to Portu- 

 laceae. 



Monureides, (mon'u-rldz). [Mono and Ureide, 

 q.v.] v. Ureides. 



Monylene, (mon'i-len)=Elaene, q.v. 



Moon. The satellite of the earth, revolving 

 round it once in about 28 days. v. Lunation. 

 It once existed in a nebulous form, and is 

 now condensed by gravitation ; has great 

 range of temperature, from 500 F. down- 

 wards; has a diameter -g^ . miles: volume 

 -ij, area= T ij, weight=^j, of earth ; dis- 

 tance, 238790 miles' has no atmosphere; sup- 



posed once to have been peopled, and to have 

 been lighted and warmed by the earth, which 

 was probably then a sun. In maps of the 

 moon, the surface is divided into four quad- 

 rants, on which the various mountains, 

 valleys, clefts, seas, &c., are named after 

 philosophers, &c., of the earth, as Aristotle, 

 Copernicus, Herodotus, &c. The seas are 

 now dry flat hollows or plains, named Mares, 

 as Mare sereuitatis, &c. 



Moons, (moouz). [Mono, the A.-S. name.] 

 =Satellites: secondary planets, revolving 

 round some of the primary planets. Saturn 

 has 8 moons, Uranus and Jupiter 4 each, 

 Neptune and the Earth 1 each. All the 

 moons revolve from west to east, except in 

 the case of Uranus, whose moons go from 

 east to west. M. stone, a variety of felspar. 

 .Af.-;e?or<=Botrychiuni, q.v. 



Moor, (moor). [Mor, the 

 A.-S. word.] A tract 

 of waste land; a heath. 

 M. coc=Red grouse= 

 Lagopiis Scoticus. M. 

 grass Sesleria. M . ' 

 Jiarrier = Circus ruf us, 

 a hawk-like :bird. M. 

 heath = Gypsocallis, a 

 plant belonging to Eri- 

 caceae. M. Ae?i=Galli- 

 nula, q. v.= Water-hen. 



Moorish architecture= 

 Saracenic : marked by 

 arches (more or less of t 

 the horse-shoe form), 

 domes, minarets, and 

 by elaborate decora- 

 tion, in which animals 

 are never represented. 



Moose, (moos). [The native Indian name.] 

 = Moose-deer = Cer- 

 vus alces= Alces Mal- 

 chis: a large animal 

 belonging to Cer- 

 vida; ; also called elk 

 and eland. 



Moracese, (mo-ra'se-e). 

 [Morus, g.v.] = Mo- 

 rads=Fig, mulberry, I _ 

 &c. : trees and shrubs, ^^WVHHHHRi 

 belonging to Urti- Mi-nsf. 



cales, many of which y^eld caoutchouc. 



Moraines, (mo-runz'). [The French word.] 

 Accumulations of rough angular stones, of 

 all sizes, at the edges of glaciers. Medial M. , 

 caused by the confluence of two glaciers. 



Morass, (mo-ras'). [Marais, the French 

 word.]=Marsb : a tract of soft wet ground. 



Morchella, ( mor - kel ' la ). [The German 

 name.] A fungus, one species of which is 

 edible. M. esculenta=.Mui-el. 



Mordants, (mor'dants). [L. mordeo, I bite.] 

 Substances, such as acetates of iron and 

 zinc, alumina, &c., used in dyeing to fix the 

 colours, by combining with both fibre and 

 dye-stuff. 



Morels, (mo-relz'). [Morelle, the French 

 name.]=Ascomycetes=Morchella, q.v. 



Moric acid, (mo'rik). [Morus, tf.v.]= 



Moor-hen. 



