mamestra

[The name of a city, formerly the capital of Lower Armenia. ( McNicoll.)] Entom.: A genus of Moths, family Apamide. The fore wings are dark gray, varied with black, and with a white line and spot, shaped like U. Expansion of wings an inch and three-quarters. Larva feeds in August and September on the heart of cabbages, geraniums, .; the perfect insect appears in the following May. Mamestra persicariæ is the Dot. It is blackish, purplish, and with yellow dots. Its expansion of wing is about an inch and a half. măm-Il-lär-I-a, măm-mil-lär-I-a, s. [Latin mamill(a), dim in. of mamma=a breast, a teat; suff. -aria.] Bot.: A genus of Cactaceæ, having a fleshy stem covered with teat-like projections, spirally arranged, with radiating spines from each teat, and flowers from the axils of the upper ones. The species are mostly Mexican. măm-il-lar-ý, a. & 8. [MAMMILLARY.] *măm'-Ish, a. [Eng. mam; -ish.] Foolish, effeminate. "Some mamish monsters can question it."- Bp . Hall: Works , v. 464. 1. Ord. Lang.: The same as MAMA (q. v.). "And who's blind now, mamma ?' the urchin cried." Prior: Venus Mistaken . pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia mammal i a