mesotarIa

[Pref. mes-, and Mod. Lat., . otaria (q. v.).] Palæont .: A phocine genus, allied to Otaria. It was founded by Prof. P. J. van Beneden on some fragmentary remains from the Pliocene of Flanders. He called the species Mesotaria ambigua . měs-ō-tar-tăr'-Ic, a . [Pref. me so- , and English tartaric.] (See the compound.) me so tartaric-acid, s. Chem.: Inactive tartaric acid. (TARTARIC-ACID.] měs-o-the-çi-ŭm, s. [Pref. me so-, and Greek thēkion , dim in. of thēkē a chest.] Bot.: According to Schleiden, an inner coat in a young anther. It becomes the second coat in an adult one. ( epi ) thelium .] mes-o-the-11-ŭm, subst. [Pref. me so-; English Biol.: Epithelial mesoderm (q. v.). It is the boundary of the cœlum.