MAC- 174 MAL- 
cio a saree a. [L. macula, 
RRO Spotte 
tion (lala shin) #. ([L. 
macula, spot.}| The a arrangement 
of the spots on a plant or animal 
maculiferous (mak’ilif’értis) a [L. 
macula, spot; ferre, to bear.] 
Spotted. 
maculose (maik’ ulds). Maculate. 
re 
madreporic (mad’répdr'ik) = a ; 
madrépore, madan pore.] 
madrepore o pain Hor SP ; "ih 
body, ane tubercle, canal 
ool.). 
Oe senna can al, 
lying at the ene “of an pa i it 
— area in many, or je between 
ulacral areas in other 
Echinoids, or between the rays in 
the Asteroids; a modified genital 
plate (zoo/. 
— (miig’6) m. [M.E. magot, a 
gru b.] most lowly organized, 
mpletely worm-like, insect larva 
aS Gestuoninan ces or distinct haa 
(zool.). 
mala (ma'ld) 7., malae (mala) plu. 
[L. mala, the cheek.] Part of a 
maxilla of some Insects, of t 
re es e of certain iccoahi - 
the exterior of the lower 
ol.). 
malakoid) a. [Gk. mala- 
aco! k. 
malakos, soft; logos, discourse.] 
The Se of zoology dealing 
with Mollus 
Philous (mal! Ak6f'iltis) a. Aer 
a soft; philein, t 
Pollinating through the a ‘of 
Gastropods (407). 
rous (ma ‘akop'tériis) a. 
[Gk. malakos, soft ; pteron, wing.] 
Soft-finned (z oot.) 
malacostracous (m4l’akds‘trikis) a. 
[Gk. malakos, soft ; ostrakon, shell.] 
Soft-shelled (zoo/.). 
malar (malar) a. (L. m mala, — 
iid or in the region of the chee 
the bi Stee — (anat.). 
‘sia (ma [L. mas,amale.] Pert. 
an 
the aaeees (zool.); or fertilizing 
organs of flowers, as stamens (404); 
symbol 
male pronucleus,— the nucleus of the 
spermatoz 
a (mata) a. ‘[L. malleus, 
hammer.] Hammer-shaped ; 
appl. 
a ype “of Eupht “of ‘Rotifer gizzard 
ool.). 
winsiecmacenes SS @ ATS 
malleus, ham anvil. ] 
ert. malleus nl incus of the 
i Sone 
eolar > cable —y n. [L. dim. of 
a a ham The eovestinial 
or in 
eld 
lateral malleolus, the lower ex- 
tremity prolongations crs tibia and 
fibula respectively (an 
malleoramate mal'Sora Pais a. 
malleus, beneers ramus. , branch. ] 
Appl. type of trophi with looped 
manubrium and toothed incus in 
Rotifer gizzard (zoo/.). 
malleus (mial’éiis) 7 [L. madleus, 
mme A part of the Rotifer 
mastax or 2Z ;-one t 
chain of auditory ossicles of Mam- 
mals ; one of the Weberian ossicles 
—— onan (zool.) 
ighian Gndip igian) a. [After 
eM alpine, of Pisa.] Discovered by 
or named after Malpi = 
Malpighian body, or scle,—in 
spleen, a nodular mass te ‘ymnahelil 
tissue ensheathing the smaller 
arteries ; in the kidney, a tuft or 
glomerulus a convoluted capillary 
bidcd wanna enclosed in a dilata- 
tion of the uriniferous tubule (avaz., 
ool.) 
‘mate hian layer,—the basal layer 
of the epidermis next to the true 
skin (an 
ighian ‘tubes, —slender thread- 
