molossus

[Gr. Molo os belonging to Molo i a, a district of Epirus, celebrated for producing a kind of wolf-dog used by shepherds.] 1. Gr. & Lat . Prosody : A foot of three long syllables. 2. Zool .: The typical genus of the group Molo i. Ears close, or united at base of inner margin; tragus very short; extremity of muzzle broad, obtuse or obliquely truncated; lips smooth, or with very indistinct vertical wrinkles; back of toes covered with long curved hair. Range, tropical and sub-tropical regions of America. Dr. Dobson enumerates nine species. mol-o-thrus, s . [Etym. doubtful; Aga iz gives Gr. molos = toil, and thro us a confused noise; McNicoll gives mole in =to transplant. Cabanis suggests that molothrus is a mistake; and that Gr. molobrosa glutton, was intended by Swains on.] Ornith.: A genus of Icteride, with species ranging from La Plata to the Northern United States. Bill short and stout, lateral toes nearly equal, claws rather small; tail nearly even; wings long, pointed. As far as is known, they make no nest, but deposit their eggs in the nests of other (usually smaller) birds. The best known species is Molothrus pecoris . popularly known as the Cow-bird or Cow Blackbird, "from their keeping about that animal, and finding, either from her parasitic insects or her droppings, opportunities for food." The male has the neck, head, and anterior half of the breast light chocolate brown; rest of the body black, with me. tallic luster. The female is light olivaceous brown all over. Bill and feet black in both sexes. ( Baird , Brewer , & Ridgway .) *molt, pret . & pa . par . of v . [MELT.] *molt-a-ble, a. [Eng molt; -able.] Capable of being melted; meltable. molt-en, pa.mar.ora. [MELT.] Melted; made of melted metal. "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other." -1 Kings vii. 23. IMG:content-1335.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Molucella, a genus of Labiate. Molucca-bat, s . "Black was the root, but milky white the flower; Moly the name, to mortals hard to find." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, π. 365. moly . *mome, s. [Old Fr. mome, mom me, from Latin momus ; Gr. Momos =the god of raillery or mockery.] 1. A clown, a buffoon. 2. A stupid, a dull fellow; a blockhead. " Mome , malt horse, capon, coxcomb, idiot, patch." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors , iii. 1. mōment, s . [Fr., from Latin momentum (for movimentum) = a movement, an instant, moving momento.] "Touch with lightest moment of impulse His free-will." IMG:content-1336.png:[blocks in formation] "1 hear ye momently above, beneath, Crash with a frequent conflict." tesimal change in a variable quantity. 2. Mechanics: The movement of a force is : force into the distance of its point from its line of (1) With respect to a point : The product of the (2) With respect to a line : The product of the component of the force which is perpendicular to the line, into the shortest distance between the line and the direction of this component. (3) With respect to a plane : The product of the force into the perpendicular distance of its point of application from the plane. (5) Moment of a magnet: The product of the strength of either of its poles by the distance be- tween them. Or more rigorously, a quantity which, when multiplied by the intensity of a uniform field gives the couple which the magnet experiences when held with its axis perpendicular to the line of force in this field. (6) Moment of momentum : [MOMENTUM,.] *mô-ment, v . t . [MOMENT, 8.] To arrange to a moment. "All accidents are minuted and momented by Divine Providence."- Fuller : Worthies, ii. 334. IMG:content-1337.png:[blocks in formation] *mô-men-tan-ў, а. [МоMENTA NEO US.] mô-ment-ar-1-ly, adv. [Eug. momentary; -ly .] 1. For a moment; so as to last only a moment. 2. Every moment; from moment to moment. IMG:content-1338.png:[blocks in formation] mo-mot-i-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. momot ( us ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ornith .: Motmots; a family of fi irostral picarian birds, ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, and to the west coast of Ecuador, but having their headquarters in Central America. Six genera are known.