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off. Imperfect fins. Generic name 

 of a fish of the family of siluroides. 



MA'MMA. Latin. The breast, pap, 

 or teat. 



MA'MMA. Latin. Plural of mamma. 



MA'MMAL. Any animal having teats 

 for suckling its young, is called a 

 mammal. 



MAMMA'LIA. From the Latin mamma, 

 breast. Systematic name of the 

 class of animals that suckle their 

 young. 



MARI'NUS. Latin. Marine ; belong- 

 ing or relating to the sea. 



MAS'TICATORY. From the Greek, 

 mastichad, I chew. Relating to 

 mastication, or the act of chewing 

 the food. 



MASTO'ID. From the Greek, mastos, 

 a nipple, and e.idos, resemblance. 

 A process or projection of the tem- 

 poral bone, (behind the ear,) is so 

 called, on account of its shape. 



MAX'ILLARY. From the Latin, max- 

 illa, a jaw. Belonging or relating 



F to the jaws. 



MAX'IMUS. Latin. Greatest, largest. 



MEMBRANE. A name given to dif- 

 ferent thin organs, representing 

 species of supple, more or less 

 elastic, webs. 



MEM'BRANOUS. Belonging to, or par- 

 taking of the nature of a mem- 

 brane. 



MENIDES. From the Latin, mana, or 

 mena, a kind of fish. Systematic 

 name of a family of fishes. 



MENOBRANCH'US. me-no-brank'-us. 

 From the Greek, menos, strength, 

 and bragchia, gills. Systematic 

 name of a genus of batrachians. 



MENOPOMA. Generic name of a kind 

 of batrachian. 



MERLANGUS. Latin. Formed from 



MOL'LUSCA. From the Latin, mollis, 

 soft. Systematic name of a class 

 of animals without vertebrae. 



MOLLUSK. Any animal of the class 

 of mollusca. 



MONITOR'. Latin. Generic name of 

 a kind of saurian. 



MORR.HUA. Systematic name of the 

 cod-fish. 



MOSASAURUS. Systematic name of a 

 fossil saurian. 



MOTIVE. From the Latin, moveo, I 

 move. That which moves or causes 

 motion. 



MUCOS'ITY. A fluid which resembles 

 mucus, or contains a certain quan- 

 tity of it. 



Mu'cous Belonging or relating to 

 mucus. 



Mu'cus. Animal mucilage. A pecu- 

 liar fluid secreted by mucous mem- 

 branes. 



MUGIL. Latin. A mullet. 



MUGILOI'DES. From the Latin mugil, 

 a mullet, and eidos, resemblance. 

 Systematic name of a family of 

 fishes. 



MUJLLOI'DKS. From the Latin, mul- 

 lus, a barbel, a red-mullet, and 

 eidos, resemblance. Systematic 

 name of a family of fishes. 



MIJLLUS. Latin. A barbel, a red- 

 mullet. 



MUR.BNA. Latin. From the Greek, 

 muraina, a kind of fish resemb- 

 ling an eel. Systematic name of 

 eels. 



MuR^'N^.~Latin. Plural of muraena. 



MYXINE. From the Greek, muxinos, 

 which is formed from muzo, I suck. 

 Systematic name of the hag-fish. 



NACREOUS. From the Spanish nacar, 



mother of pearl, 

 mother of pearl. 



Of the nature of 



the French, merlan, a whiting. NAJA Specific name of a serpent. 



Systematic name of the whiting. $ NASAL. Belonging or relating to the 

 MERLUC'CIUS. Specific name of the ^ nose. NasaUbssse, (See FOSSAE.) 



hake. 

 METAMOR'PHOSIS. From the Greek, 



meta, after, and morphe, form. 



Transformation. Applied to the 



organic changes which take place 



in certain animals. 



NAUCRA'TES. From the Greek, naus, 

 a vessel, and krateo, I have power 

 over. Systematic name of certain 

 fishes. 



NILOTICA. Latin. Belonging or re- 

 lating to the Nile. 



