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maculate (mak'ulat) a. [L. macula, 

 spot.] Spotted. 



maculation (mak'ula'shun) n. [L. 

 macula, spot.] The arrangement 

 of the spots on a plant or animal 

 (biol.}. 



maculiferous (mak'ulif'erus) a. [L. 

 macula, spot ; ferre, to bear.] 

 Spotted. 



maculose (mak'ulos). Maculate. 



madrepore (mad'rfipor) n. [F. mad- 

 repore from L. mater, mother ; Gk. 

 poro s, friable stone.] A branching 

 stony Coral ; the plate at the ex- 

 ternal opening of the stone canal 

 in Echinoderms (zool.}. 



madreporic (mad'rSpor'ik) a. [F. 

 madrepore, madrepore.] Pert, a 

 madrepore or madreporite ; appl. 

 body, plate, tubercle, canal 

 (zool.}. 



madreporic canal, see stone canal. 



madreporite (mad'repo'rlt, madrgp'- 

 orlt) n. [F. madrepore, madrepore.] 

 A flat circular or pentagonal per- 

 forated plate marked by grooves, 

 lying at the end of an interambu- 

 lacral area in many, or free between 

 two ambulacral areas in other 

 Echinoids, or between the rays in 

 the Asteroids ; a modified genital 

 plate (zool.}. 



maggot (mag'ot) n. [M.E. magot, a 

 grub.] The most lowly organized, 

 completely worm-like, insect larva 

 withoutappendages or distinct head 

 (zool.}. 



mala (ma'la) n.-, malae (mala) plu. 

 [L. mala, the cheek.] Part of the 

 maxilla of some Insects, of the 

 mandible of certain Myriapods ; 

 part of the exterior of the lower 

 jaw of Birds (zool.}. 



malacoid (mal'akoid) a. [Gk. mala- 

 kos, soft.] Soft in texture. 



malacology (mal'ak61'6jl) n. [Gk. 

 malakos, soft ; logos, discourse.] 

 The department of zoology dealing 

 with Molluscs. 



malacophilous (mal'akof'ilus) a. [Gk. 

 malakos, soft ; philein, to love.] 

 Pollinating through the agency of 

 Gastropods (bot.}. 



malacopterous (mal'akop'te'rus) a. 

 [Gk. malakos, soft ; pteron, wing.] 

 Soft-finned (zool.}. 



malacostracous (mal'akos'trakus) a. 



[Gk. malakos, soft ; ostrakon, shell.] 

 Soft-shelled (zool.}. 



malar (ma'lar) a. [L. mala, cheek.] 

 Pert, or in the region of the cheek ; 

 n. the zygomatic bone (anat.}. 



male (mal) n. [L. mas, a male.] Pert. 

 male or a masculine organism ; 

 appl. organs of reproduction, as 

 the testes (zool.} ; or fertilizing 

 organs of flowers, as stamens (bot.}; 

 symbol $ . 



male pronucleus, the nucleus of the 

 spermatozoon. 



malleate (mal'eat) a. [L. malleus, 

 hammer.] Hammer-shaped ; appl. 

 a type of trophi of Rotifer gizzard 

 (zool.}. 



malleoincudal (mal'eoln'kudal) a. [L. 

 malleus, hammer ; incus, anvil.] 

 Pert, malleus and incus of the 

 ear (anat.}. 



malleolar (male'olar) n. [L. dim. of 

 malleus, hammer.] The vestigial 

 fibula of Ruminants ; a., pert, or in 

 the region of the malleolus ; appl. 

 arteries, folds, sulcus (anat.}. 



malleolus (male'olus) n. [L. dim. of 

 malleus, hammer.] Median and 

 lateral malleolus, the lower ex- 

 tremity prolongations of tibia and 

 fibula respectively (anat.}. 



malleoramate (mal'eora'mat) a. [L. 

 malleus, hammer ; ramus, branch.] 

 Appl. type of trophi with looped 

 manubrium and toothed incus in 

 Rotifer gizzard (zool.}. 



malleus (mal'eus) n. [L. malleus, 

 hammer.] A part of the Rotifer 

 mastax or gizzard ; one of the 

 chain of auditory ossicles of Mam- 

 mals ; one of the Weberian ossicles 

 of Fishes (zool.} 



Malpighian (malplg'ian) a. [After 

 Malpighi, of Pisa.] Discovered by 

 or named after Malpighi. 



Malpighian body, or corpuscle, in 

 spleen, a nodular mass of lymphoid 

 tissue ensheathing the smaller 

 arteries ; in the kidney, a tuft or 

 glomerulus of convoluted capillary 

 blood-vessels enclosed in a dilata- 

 tion of the uriniferous tubule (anat., 

 zool.}. 



Malpighian layer, the basal layer 

 of the epidermis next to the true 

 skin (anat.}. 



Malpighian tubes, slender thread- 



