muschelkalk

[Ger. muschel =a muscle, a shell, and kalk ( stein )=limestone, shell-limestone.] Geol.: A series of German beds of Middle Tria ic age. It consists of a compact, grayish limestone, with dolomite, gypsum, rock-salt, and clays. It abounds in the heads and stems of lily encrinites, specially Encrinites lil i i form is, Est her i as and fo il shells, including Ceratites. There are no belemnites, and the ammonites lack completely foliated sutures. ( Lyell.) mus-che-tor, mus'-chă-tour, s . [O. Fr. mous cheture (Fr. moucheture ), from mouscheter = to spot, from mousche (Fr. mouche ) =a fly, a spot, from Lat. musca =a fly.] Her.: One of the arrow-headed marks used in depicting ermine, but without the three round dots also employed in blazoning that fur. (ERMINE.] mus'-çi, s. pl. [Nom. pl. of Lat. muscus =mo .] I. Botany: 1. A natural order of plants in the systems of Lin næus, Ju ieu, Endlicher, . 2. A division of the Muscal alliance, comprehending the true Mo es, divided into the two orders of Andræacem and Bryacese. They have a distinct axis of growth, symmetrical leaves, and a reproductive apparatus, consisting of antheridia, with sperm a to zoõids (male) and archegonia (female organs). The mus-çi-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. musc (a) =a fly; fem. pl. suff. -idœ.] Insects, tribe A the ricer a. Antenne short, three Entomology: Flesh-flies; a family of Dipterous jointed, the third joint usually the longest, and with a bristle from its back; the proboscis has fleshy terminal lobes, and incloses only a single bristle with the labrum; the palpi generally project; t; the wings have no false vein; the abdomen