MAMMALOGY: GLOSSARY. 



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discourse or treatise. That part of 

 Natural History which treats of 

 Tnammiferous animals. 



MAMMARY. From the Latin mamma, 

 a breast. Belonging or relating to 

 the breast. 



MAMMIFER^E. From the Latin, mam- 

 mo, a breast, and /ero, I carry. 

 Animals that have teats. 



MAMMIFEROUS Belonging or relating 

 to mammiferse. 



MAMMOTH. An extinct animal of the 

 family of Proboscidiana. 



MANATUS. Barbarous Latin, formed 

 from manus, a hand. The Lam- 

 antin. (See page 124.) 



MANATI.I Plural of Manatus. 



MANYPLIES. The third stomach of 

 ruminating animals. 



MARITIMUS. Latin. Maritime. Re- 

 lating to the sea. 



MARSUPIALIA. From the Latin, mar- 

 supium, a purse, pouch or bag. 

 Animals that have on the anterior 

 surface of the body, a pouch, formed 

 of the skin, for the accommodation 

 of their young. 



MARSUPIALS. Marsupialia. Animals 

 provided with pouches for the ac- 

 commodation of their young. 



MARTKS. Latin. A marten, a ferret. 



MASTICATION.- -From the Greek, mas- 

 tichao, I chew. The act of chew- 

 ing food, to impregnate it with sali- 

 va, and prepare it for the digestion 

 it has to undergo in the stomach. 



MASTIVUS. Barbarous Latin, formed 

 from the Italian, mastino, a large 

 dog. The mastiff. 



MASTODON. An extinct animal of the 

 family of Proboscidiana. 



MAXILLARY. From the Latin, max- 

 illa, a jaw. Belonging or relating 

 to the jaws. 



MELES. Latin. A Badger. 



MEMBRANA. Latin. A membrane. 



MEMRRANE. A name given to different 

 thin organs, representing species of 

 supple, more or less elastic, webs. 



MEMBRANOUS. Belonging to mem- 

 brane. 



MEPHITIS. Latin. A stink, an un- 

 pleasant smell. The name given to 

 the skunk on account of its odour. 



MERINO Spanish. Wandering or 

 removing from pasture to pasture. 

 The name of a kind of sheep with 

 very fine wool, originally from 

 Spain. 



METACARPUS. From the Greek, meta, 

 after, and karpos, the wrist. That 

 part of the hand which is between 

 the wrist and fingers. 



METATARSUS. From the Greek, meta, 

 after, and torsos, the instep. That 

 part of the foot which is between 

 the instep and toes. 



MOLAR. From the Greek, mvlos, a 

 millstone, or grindstone ; or from 

 the Latin, moZo, I grind. That 

 which bruises or grinds. The name 

 of certain teeth. 



MOLAR TEETH The grinders. Jaw 

 teeth. 



MOLLUSCA. From the Latin, mollis, 

 soft. A class of marine animals 

 without vertebrae, which have blood 

 vessels, a spinal marrow, and a sim- 

 ple body, without articulated limbs. 



MOLLUSCOUS. Relating to Mollusca. 



MOLOSSUS. Barbarous Latin. A spe- 

 cies of large dog. (See page 64.) 



MONILEFORM. From the Latin moniZe, 

 a necklace, and forma, shape, form. 

 In the form of a necklace or string 

 of beads. 



MONODON. From the Greek, monos, 

 single, and odous, o'dontos, a tooth. 

 The name of the Narwhal, from 

 having a single tusk. 



MONOSYLLABIC. From the Greek, mo- 

 nos, single, and sullabe, a sylable. 

 Consisting of but one syllable. 



MONOTREMATA. From the Greek, mo- 

 wos, single, and trema, a perforation 

 or hole. The name of a family of 

 animals found in New Holland. 

 (See page 96.) 



MONTANUS. Laiin. Mountainous. Re- 

 lating to mountains. 



MOSAIC. -From the Greek, mouseion, 

 mows/0/?, and mosion, which signify 

 the same thing in the Greek of the 

 middle ages, as the musivum opus, 

 of the Latins, a museum, a place 

 designed for study. Some add, that 

 it is because cabinets or museums 

 were ornamented at first with works 





