melano sperm (melano sperm)

An alga belonging to the division Melanos per me a. Melanos per meæ (mela-nō-sper'mē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Harvey, 1849), The group of melano spermous or olive-green sea-weeds. W. B. Carpenter , Micros., § 327. mela note kite (mel"a-nō-tē'kīt), n. [Irreg. τήκειν , melt, + -ite2.] A rare silicate of lead and iron from Långban, Sweden. It occurs in black or blackish-gray crystalline ma es, with cleavage in two directions. It fuses easily to a black gla , whence the name. melanothallite (mel"a-nō-thal'it), n. [ melanotic (mel-a-not'ik), a. [ IMG:content-0439.png:[graphic] a no sarcoma. IMG:content-0440.png:[blocks in formation] which are North American. These beetles give rise to some of the most destructive wire-worms. M. communis is a common brown pilose species of the United States, half an inch long.