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developed and forming a cloak 

 which protects the viscera; also 

 called the ' pallium. ' 

 manubrium, n., man-ub'ri-um 

 (L. manubrium, a handle from 

 mdnus, a hand), in anat., the 

 upper piece of the sternum re- 

 presenting the handle, having a 

 somewhat triangular form ; the 

 polypite suspended from the roof 

 of the swimming-bell of a medusa, 

 also from the gonocalyx of a 

 medusiform gonophore in the 

 Hydrozoa ; in bot., cells project- 

 ed inwards from the centre of 

 shields of the globule in Char- 

 acese. 



nanus, n., man' us (L. manus, 

 the hand), the hand of the 

 higher Vertebrates. 



manyplies, n. plu., mWi-pllz, in 

 Scot, moniplies, n. plu., mon'-i- 

 pllz (Eng. many ; plies, folds), 

 the popular name for the Omasum, 

 or third part of the stomach of 

 ruminants, so named from its 

 numerous flaps or folds. 

 larantaceae, n. plu., mar'-an-tob'- 

 s$-e, also called Cannacese 

 (after Maranti, a Venetian phy- 

 sician), the Arrowroot family, an 

 Order of plants containing much 

 starch in the rhizomes and roots : 

 Maranta, n., mar-an'tcL, a genus 

 of interesting plants : Maranta 

 arundinacea, ar'tind'-m-a'-sZ-a 

 (L. arundindceus, pert, to or like 

 a reed from arundo, the reed- 

 cane); also M. Indica, md'-ik-a 

 (L. Indicus, Indian), are species 

 which produce the best arrowroot 

 from their tuberous rhizomata. 



marasmus, n., mar-az'-mns (Gr. 

 marasmos, decay, weakness), a 

 wasting disorder of children ; 

 emaciation or wasting ; atrophy. 



Marattiese, n. plu., mdr'-dt-ti'e'e, 

 also Marrattia tribe, mdr-at'-ti-a 

 (after Maratti, of Tuscany), a 

 Sub -order of ornamental ferns, 

 having their sporangia united in 

 mass. 



anarcescent, a., mdr>ses'$nt (L. 



marccscens, pining away or 

 decaying), in bot., gradually 

 withering, but not falling off 

 until the part bearing it is per- 

 fected. 



Marcgravia, n., mdrk-grdv'i-a 

 (after Marcgrave, a German bot- 

 anist), a genus of curious shrubby 

 and creeping plants, Ord. Tern- 

 strcemiaceae or Tea family, which 

 are occasionally furnished with 

 bracts folded and united so as to 

 form ascidia, containing a sweet 

 liquid which attracts insectivor- 

 ous birds, as in the Marcgravia 

 nepenthoides, Hfy/'tnth-ofyd'-ez 

 (Gr. nepenthes, a magic potion or 

 drug from ne, not ; penthos, 

 grief, sadness ; eidos, resem- 

 blance); M. umbellata, tim'bel' 

 lat'-a (L. umbella, a little shadow 

 from umbra, a shade), a species 

 whose stem, root, and leaves are 

 regarded in the W. Indies as 

 diuretic. 



MarchantieaB, n. plu^mdr'shan-ti'- 

 e-e (after Mar chant, a French 

 botanist), the Liverworts, a sec- 

 tion or Sub-order of the Ord. 

 Hepaticae, which have thecse col- 

 lected in heads, found growing 

 on the ground or on trees in 

 damp, shady places, and have a 

 leathery structure : Marchantia, 

 n., mdr-shan'-ti-a, a genus of 

 creeping plants, having green, 

 cellular, fleshy fronds : Marchan- 

 tia hemisph erica, hemf-i-sjer'-ilc'd 

 (Gr. hemi, half; sphaira, a globe), 

 a species recommended in 

 dropsy. 



margaric, a., mdr-gar'-ik (Gr. 

 margaron, a pearl), applied to an 

 acid obtained by the action of 

 potash upon cyanide of cetyl, and 

 also obtained by saponifi cation. 

 from vegetable wax, so named 

 from presenting the appearance 

 of pearly crystalline scales : mar- 

 garine, n., trtdr'gar-m, one of 

 the solid proximate principles of 

 human fat. 



marginate, a., mdrf-m-dt (L. 



