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GLOSSARY. 



Capable of being beaten or rolled 

 into thin plates. 



Malle'olar (Lat. mal'leolus). Belong- 

 ing to the ankle ; applied to certain 

 small arteries. 



Malle'olus (Diminutive of Lat. mal'- 

 leus, a hammer). An ankle, or 

 the joint formed with the legs on 

 each side of the foot. 



Mammal (Lat. mamma, the breast). 

 A name given to those vertebrate 

 animals which suckle their young. 



Mammalif' erous (Mammalia or 

 mammals; fero, I bear). Pro- 

 ducing mammalian animals ; ap- 

 plied to the geological strata which 

 contain remains of mammals. 



Mam'mary (Lat. mamma, the breast). 

 Belonging to the breast. 



Mam'mifer (Lat. mamma, the breast ; 

 fero, I carry). See Mammal. 



MammiTlary (Lat. mammil'la, a 

 teat). Belonging to or resembling 

 teats. 



Mam'millated (Lat. mammil'la, a 

 teat). Having protuberances like 

 nipples. 



Man'dible (Lat. mando, I chew). 

 The upper jaw of an insect. 



Mandib'ulate (Lat. mando, I chew). 

 Provided with an upper jaw. 



Manduca'tory (Lat. mandu'co, I 

 chew). Relating to or employed 

 in chewing. 



Man'ganate (Manganese). A com- 

 pound of manganic acid with a 

 base. 



Mangan'ic (Mangane'se). An acid 

 consisting of an atom of manganese 

 with three of oxygen. 



Manipula'tion (Lat. manip'ulus, a 

 handful). Work by hand ; ap- 

 plied to the manual and mechanical 

 operations in science. 



Mannite. A variety of sugar ob- 

 tained from manna. 



Manom'eter (Gr. pavos, manos, thin ; 

 fifrpov, metron, a measure). An 

 instrument for measuring the 

 rarity or density, or the elastic force 

 of any gaseous substance. 



Man'oscope (Gr. fiavos, manos, thin ; 

 ffKoirew, skop'eo, I view). See 

 Manometer. 



Mantis'sa (Lat. over-measure). A 



name given to the decimal part of 

 a logarithm. 



Mantle. In zoology, the skin of mol- 

 luscous animals, which covers in 

 the viscera and a large part of the 

 body. 



Manu'brium (Lat. a handle). A 

 name sometimes given to the upper 

 part of the sternum or breast- bone. 



Maras'mus (Gr. papaivw, marai'no, I 

 cause to waste away). Atrophy ; 

 a wasting of the body. 



Marces'cent (Lat. marces'co, I pine 

 away). Withering or fading. 



Mar'garate (Gr. fj-apyapiTys, marga- 

 ri'tes, a pearl). A compound of 

 margaric acid, with a base. 



Margar'ic (Gr. fj-apyapir-ns, mar go- 

 ri'tes, a pearl). Belonging to 

 pearl, or to the pearl-like substance 

 called margarine ; applied to one 

 of the acids existing in oils. 



Mar'garine (Gr. /j-apyapirris, marga- 

 ri'tcs, a pearl). A pearl-like sub- 

 stance obtained from oils by expo- 

 sure to cold. 



Mar'ginate (Lat. margo, a rim or 

 edge). In botany, applied to the 

 calyx when it is reduced to a mere 

 rim. 



Marine (Lat. mare, the sea). Be- 

 longing to or produced in thfe sea. 



Marl. A general term for all friable 

 or crumbly compounds of lime and 

 clay. 



Marlstone. A layer of calcareous, 

 sandy, and irony beds, forming 

 one of the strata of the lowest or 

 liassic group in the oolitic system 

 in geology. 



Marsu'pial (Lat. marsu'pium, a 

 pouch or bag). Having or belonging 

 to a pouch ; applied to an order of 

 mammalia which bring forth their 

 young in an imperfect state, and 

 keep them, until developed, in a 

 pouch formed by a peculiar ar- 

 rangement of the skin on the ab- 

 dominal surface of the animal. 



Marsupia'ta (Lat. marsu'pium, a 

 pouch or bag). See Marsupial. 



Marsu'pium (Lat. a pouch). A dark 

 coloured membrane in the vitreous 

 body of the eyes of birds. 



Mas'sicot. Yellow oxide of lead, 



