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MUSOPHAGA 



Mus, (mus). [The Latin name.] A small 

 animal, the type of Muridaa, remarkable for 

 its fecundity and destructiveness to vege- 

 tation. M. alpinus=~M.-d.rmot of Alps. M. 

 glis=Dormo\ise. J/. rattus-=~Rai. M. am- 

 phibius = Water-rat. M. sagitta = Jerboa. 

 M. bursarius = Canada rat. M. lemmus = 

 Lemming. M. musculus=^louae. M. syl- 

 raiicws=Wood-mouse. M. cricetus = Ham- 

 ster. M. Labradoriu$=Gei\)il. M. giganteus 

 =Great rat of India. 



Musa. [Latin name, from Egyptian mauz.] 

 Plantain, banana, &c. : an herbaceous endo- 

 genous plant, chiefly found in Asia. M. 

 sapientum=&an&n&. if. textilis=Ka.nilla. 

 hemp. 



Musacese, (mu-sa'se-e). [Musa, Q.r.]=Musads: 

 plantains, bananas, &c.: stemless plants, with 

 large sheathing leaves, belonging to Amo- 

 males. 



Musang=Viverra musanga: an animal of the 

 civet kind found in Borneo. 



Musca, (mus'ka). [The Latin name.] Fly: 

 an insect belonging to Diptera. M. chloris 

 =Green bottle: a green fly. M. carnaria= 

 Flesh-fly. M. domestica=Honse-Qy. 



Musca borealis, (mus'ka bo-re-a'lis ). [The 

 Latin name.]=The northern fly: a northern 

 constellation of small stars only. 



Muscales, (mus-ka'l6z). [Musci, g.v.] Mosses: 

 a division of Acrogens dJvided into Hepaticse 

 and Musci, q.v. 



Muscardine, ( mus'kar-dm ). [The French 

 name.] A disease of the silkworm caused 

 by a fungus=Botrytis bassiana, q.v. 



Muscari, (mus'ka-ri). [Musk, 7.v.]=Grape 

 hyacinth: a plant, with blue flowers, be- 

 longing to Liliacese. 



Muschelkalk, (mosh'el-kalk). [Gk. muschel, 

 mussel; kalk, chalk.]=Middle Trias: a lime- 

 stone rock, not found in England, with 

 numerous shells. 



Muschelkalk, (ruSsh'el-kalk). [Gk. muschel, 

 mussel ; kalk, chalk.] Shell limestone = 

 Middle Trias: not in England, but found in 

 Germany, near the Black Forest: has nume- 

 rous fossil shells. 



Musci, (mus'si). [L. muscus, moss.] Mosses, 

 q.v.: small plants belonging to Muscales. 



Muscicapa, (mus-sik'a-pa). [L. inusca, fly; 

 capio, I seize. ]= Fly-catchers: small sparrow- 

 like birds, found in Himalayas, belonging to 

 Insessores. 



Muscicapidae, (mus-si-ka'pi-d5). [Muscicapa, 

 q.v.] A family of insectivorous birds be- 

 longing to Dentirostres. 



Muscinese, (mus-sin'e-e). [Musci, g.v.]=Hepa- 

 tic88 and Mosses=Muscales, q.v., have alter- 

 nation of generations. 



Muscle, (mus'l). [Musculus, the Latin word.] 

 The lean of meat. v. Muscles. 



Muscles, (nms'slz). [Muscle, q.v.] Bundles 

 of fibres, which can be shortened at will, so 

 as to move the parts which they connect 

 nearer to each other: connected by tendons 

 with the bones. Extensor M.; used to sepa- 

 rate bones; to extend the arm, leg, &c. 

 Flexor M,: used to draw bones together; to 

 draw tUe arm, leg, &c,, towards the axis. 



[Moussbron, the 



Rotatory M.: used to move bones in a 

 circle. 



Muscle animals, Oken's term for reptiles. 



Muscovite, (mus'ko-vit). [Moscow in Russia.] 

 =Potash mica: an elastic mineral of the 

 mica group, found in quartz rocks; a sili- 

 cate of alumina, potash, &c., common in 

 Siberia; also called Muscovy glass. 



Muscular, (mus'ku-lar). [Muscle, q.v.] Re- 

 lated to the muscles. 



Muscular tissue. 1. Striated M. of volun- 

 tary muscles. 2. Non-striated. 3. M. of 

 invertebrate animals. 4. Sarcode= Proto- 

 plasm. 



Mushroom, (mush'rom). 

 French name.]=Agari- 

 cus: an edible fungus 

 belonging to Hymeno- 

 mycetes. Root fibres of 

 jlf. = Mycelium. Stem 

 and cap ofM.=Hymen- . 

 ophore. Under surface 

 of cap of M.=Hyme- 

 nium: which bears the 

 spores. 



Music, (mu'zik). (Musica, the Latin word.] 

 Regular and continuous sounds having more 

 than 16 vibrations per second, and fewer thau 

 4000: a range of about 11 octaves. 



Musical scale. A series of notes connecting 

 any given note with its octave. 



Musk., (musk). 

 [Musc,ihe French 

 word.] An odori- 

 ferous resin in tho //' '.v^&s4'^2r, iftSMSB /r 

 bag of male Mos- 

 chus, q.v. Musk 

 duck: a New 



Zealand duck ',! WJjtif 



having the odour / J^HH^HRH r *' //' i ' 

 of musk. M. 



Musk-deer. 



Mushroom. 



minium monor- 



chis. M. rat= 



Ondatra. 

 Musk-deer = Mos-j 



chus moschiferus! 

 Musk-ox = Ovibos 



v^ Thame8 moschatus: found fossil 

 Musk-root:=l. Ra- 



dixsumbul. 2. A 



plant of Guiana, 



with long leaves, 



large yellow 



flowers, and frag- 

 rant seeds. M. 



oil: from t 



seeds. 

 MuskeUmusTcet).- 



[ Mo squet, the 



French word.] 



A gun, for the Musk-ox. 



discharge of bullets, having a smooth bore. 



cf. Rifled. 

 Muslin, (muzlin). [Mousseline, the French 



word. ] A light textile fabric made of 



cotton. 

 Musopbaga, (rou-sofa-ga). [Musa, q.v.; Gk, 



