Mauritieæ (maritiee)

pl. [NL. (Bentham and Hooker, 1883), [NL., Mauritius-weed (mâ-rish'us-wed), n. A lichen, Roccella fuci form is, which yields archil. Maurolicidæ (ma-rō-lis'i-dē), n. pl. Maurolicus + -ida.] A family of iniomous fishes, typified by the genus Maurolicus. They have a compre ed claviform body, no scales, but rows of phosphorescent spots along the sides of the abdomen and scattered spots on the head, a deeply cleft mouth, and the margin of the upper jaw formed laterally by the supra maxillaries, which are dentigerous. The species are inhabitants of the high and deep seas. By some authors family Cocci in a or Cocci inæ. they are referred to the family Sternoptychidæ as a subMaurolicus (ma-rol'i-kus), n. [NL., named after Maurolico, an Italian naturalist.] Agenus of iniomous fishes, typical of the family Maurolicida. The species longest known is M. borealis, the argentine. Mauser gun. See gun1. mausolet (ma'sōl), n. mausoleum.] A tomb or mausoleum. [ What rarer Mausole may my bones include? Sylvester, Sonnets on the Miraculous Peace in France, xii. mausolean (ma-so-lē'an), a . [ mausoleum + -an .] Of or pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental. They shall be honourably interred in mausolean tombs. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 213. That new Pile For the departed, built with curious pains And mausolean pomp. Words worth, Breadalbane's Ruined Mansion. mausoleum (mâ-so-lē'um), n. [L. mausoleum, μαυσωλείον , the tomb of Mausolus (see def.), hence any splendid tomb, σωλος , Mausolus.] 1. [ cap .] In Gr.archæol., a very large and magnificent edifice adorned with sculpture, built by Queen Artemisia of Caria as the tomb of her husband, King Mausolus, at Halicarna us, about 350 B. c., ranking as one of the seven wonders of the world. Hence-2. Any splendid tomb; a grand or stately sepulchral monument or edifice, now usually designed to contain a number of tombs: as, the mausoleum of a royal family. mausoleum Borne, full of years and honours, to a mausoleum surpa ing in magnificence any that Europe could show. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xviii.