muscite (musit)

[L. muscus, mo , + -ite2.] A fo il plant of the mo family, found in amber and certain fresh-water Tertiary strata. Page. Muscivora (mu-siv'ō-ra), n. [NL., Tyrannide. It was established by Cuvier in 1799-1800, and was afterward called by him Muscipeta, the moucherolles. There are several species, as M. cristata and M. coronata. The term has also been variously applied to other birds of the same family, as by G. R. Gray in 1840 to species of Milvulus, and by Le on to certain fly-catching birds of a different family.