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MUROMONTITE 



Mud. A solution in water of finely-powdered 

 minerals. M . eel=Siren. M. fish, v. Mud- 

 fishes. M. turtles=Soft, tortoises=:Triony- 

 cidae. M. volcanoes, v. Volcano. M. voorms 

 :=Linricolae. M. woj'i=Limosella: a small 

 aquatic herb. 



Mudfishes=:Lepidosiren and Ceratodus=Dip- 

 noi: connect fishes and amphibia; the highest 

 order of fishes, having filamentary limbs; a 

 heart with two auricles and one ventricle, 

 and lungs; live in the mud of marshy tracts: 

 formerly considered to be reptiles. 



Mugil (mu'jil). [The Latin name.]=Mullet: 

 a fish belonging to Mugilidse. M. capito= 

 Gray mullet. 



Mugilidaj, (mu-jil'i-de). [Mugil, q.v.; Gk. 

 eidos, form.]=Mullets: a family of fishes, 

 with cylindrical scaly bodies, belonging to 

 Acanthopteri. 



Mug- wort, (mug'wort)=Artemisia vulgaris. 



Muiscas. An American race. 



Mulatto, (mu-lat'to). [Mulato, the Spanish 

 word.] The offspring of white and black 

 parents. M. crab : a land crab. 



Mulberry, (mul'ber-ri). [Murberie, the A.-S. 



name.J=Morus, q.v. In- ^_ 



dian M. = Morus In- 

 dica. 



Muldan,(m61'dan). [Herr 

 Von Mulda.] A variety 

 of Orthoclase, q.v. 



Mule, (mul). [Mulus, the 

 Latin name.] 1. The hy- 

 brid offspring of a horse 

 and ass. 2.=Mule-jenny: 

 a machine for spinning 

 cotton ; named from 

 combining the prin- 

 ciples of the jenny and 

 water-twist frame, two 

 earlier inventions. 



Mulhouse blue. An alkaline solution of 

 shell-lac and aniline. 



Mullein, (mul'lin). [Molene, the French 

 nanie.]=Verbascum, q.v. 



Muller's classification of fishes, v. Fishes. 



Muller's glass=:Hyalite : a variety of opal, 

 q.v. 



Mullet, (mul'let). [Mulct, the French name.] 

 Gray Jf.=Mugil, q.v. Red Jlf.^Mullus. 



Mullion, (mul'yun). [F. moignon, stump.] 

 A bar, usually of stone, 

 dividing a window into 

 vertical compartments. 

 cf. Transoms. 



Multiple, (mul'ti-pl). [L. 

 multus, many ; plico, I 

 fold.] The sum of a 

 number of equal quan- 

 tities; 12 is a multiple 

 of 6, of 4, of 3, of 2, and 

 of 1. Least common M. 

 =L.C.M.: the smallest 

 number that can be 

 divided, without a re- Mullion. 



mainder, by each of any given numbers. M. 

 images, v. Image. 



Multiplier, (mul'ti-pli-er). Multiple, q.v.= 

 Galvanomoter, q.v. 



Mulberry. 



Multungula, (mul-tung'u-la). [L. multus, 



many ; ungula, hoof.] Giebel's term for 



elephants, swine, &c., which have the hoof 



divided. Owen's term for animals such as 



the tapir. 

 Mundic, (mun'dik)r=Pyrites, q.v. A mineral 



of the iron group, chiefly disulphide of iron. 



White Jf.=Mispickel, q.v. 

 Muntjac, (munt'jak)=Cervulus vaginalis : a 



variety of the deer ; also called ribbed-faoe 



deer. 

 Muntz's metal. A variety of brass: an alloy 



of copper and zinc, used for sheathing ships; 



named after the inventor. 

 Muraena, (mu-re'na). [The Latin name.]= 



Eel, q.y. 

 Muraenidee, ( mu-re'ni-dS ). [Mursena, q.v.; 



Gk. eidos, form.]=:Eels: a family of fishes 



belonging to Apoda; a division of Malacop- 



terygii. 

 Muraenoidse, (mu-re-noi'de). [Mursena, q.v.; 



Gk. eidos, form.] Gunnel-fish, &c.: fishes 



belonging to Gobiidae. 

 Mural, (mu'ral). [L. murus, wall.] M . circle: 



a graduated circle 



(or portion of a 



circle), fixed on a 



wall, and used to 



measure arcs of 



the meridian. M . 



quadrant : also 



called Tychonic 



quadrant. 

 Murchisonia, (mer- 



chi-so'nia). [Sir 



B. Murchison.] 



A gasteropodous 



mollusc, found in 



Devonian rocks. 

 Murchisonite, (mer'chis-o-mt). [Sir B. Mur- 

 chison.] A variety of Orthoclase, q.v. 

 Murderer liana=Murderer lipo: a parasitic 



climbing plant, which kills the tree it clings 



to, by enclosing it with a number of branches ; 



found in Brazil. 

 Murex, (mu'reks). [L. murex, purple fish.] 



M. trunculus: a molluscous animal found 



in the Mediterranean, and used for a rich 



purple dye. 

 Murexan, (mu-reks'an). [Murexid. q.v.]= 



Purpuric acid, q.v., obtained from Mur- 



exide. 

 Murexid, (mu-reks'id). [Murex, q.v.] 2C 8 H S 



NeO6=Purpurate of ammonium: obtained 



from uric acid, &c., and used as a purple 



dye. 

 Muriate, (mu'ri-at). [Muriatic, q.v.] Salts 



of muriatic acid. M. of ammonia = Sal- 



amrnoniac=Chloride of ammonium. M. oj 



saZi=Common salt. 

 Muriatic acid, (mu-ri-at'ik). [L. muria, brine.] 



= Hydrochloric acid, q.v. 

 Muridae, (mu'ri-de). [Mus, q.v,; Gk. eidos, 



form.] Bats, mice, jerboas, &c.: a family 



of animals belonging to Bodentia. 

 Muromontite, (mu-ro-mon'tit). [The Latin 



name of Mauersburg.] A black amorphous 



mineral, chiefly silicate of yttrium, iron, 



Mural circle. 



