morphogeny (morfojeni)

[ of those forms of living matter the study of which is the province of the science of morphology.-2. The history of the evolution of the forms of organisms; morphology, or the science of the forms of living bodies, with special reference to the manner in which, or the means by which, such forms originate or develop; embryology in a broad sense. Biogeny, or the history of the evolution of organisms, up to the present time has been almost exclusively mor phogeny . Haeckel, Evol. of Man (trans.), II. 461. forms; that branch of phylogeny, or tribal his- tory, which treats of form alone, without refer- ence to function, the tribal history of the lat- [ physiophyly . Haeckel . morphosis (mor-fo's is), n . [NL., μόρφω σις , a shaping, μορφούν , form, shape, μορφή , form.] Morphogenesis; the order or mode of formation of any organ or organism. morpion (môr'pi-on), n. [ morpion , a crab- louse, appar. mordre ( mordere ), bite, + pion (= It. pedone ), * pedio ( n- ), equiv. to pediculus , a louse, ped is , a louse, pes ( ped- ), = E. foot .] The crab-louse, Phthirius pubis . See cut under crab - louse . Swore you had broke and robbed his house, And stole his talismanic louse,. His flea, his morpion , and punque. morpunkee (môr-pung'kē), n. [ pankhi , a boat with a peacock decoration, a pleasure-boat, mor , a peacock, + pankhi , a fan, also a bird, dim. of pankha , a fan, pankh , a feather, wing, pinion: see punka .] A native pleasure-boat formerly much used for state occasions on the rivers of India. It is very long and narrow, often seating thirty or forty men; it is pro- pelled with paddles, and steered with a large sweep which rises from the stern in the form of a peacock or a dragon. Morrenian (mo-re'ni-an), a . [ Morren (see def.) + -ian .] Pertaining to the Belgian natu- ralist C. F. A. Morren (1807-58): specifically applied in zoölogy to certain glands of worms, as the earthworm, the function of which seems to be to adapt the ingesta for nutrition. Morrhua (mor'ö-a), n. [NL., moruta (F. morue ), a cod: said to be ult. merula (?), a fish, the sea-carp.] The principal genus of gadoid fishes, including the common cod: now called Gadus . M. vulgar is is the cod, M. æglefinus the haddock, etc. See cuts under cod2 and haddock . Morphological botany. See botany . - Morphological cla ification, a statement or tabulation or other exhibit of the degrees of structural likene observed in animal or morris-dancer. Scott , L. of the L., v. 22. morrice, morrice-dance, etc. See morris1, etc. morricer (mor'i-ser), n . [ vegetable organisms. Such cla ification, based on form without regard to function, and thus appreciating true morriont, n. See morion1 . morris1 (mor'is), n . and a. [Also morrice; moresque , morisque , F. moresque = It. moresco , Mo- risco , Moorish, Moro , a Moor: see Moor4 . Cf. Moresque, Morisco.] I. n. 1. Same as morris- dance. Some mad morris or other for our money, tutor. Fletcher, Wild goose Chase, iii. 1. Nine men's morris, a game in which a figure of squares one within another was made on a table or on the ground, and eighteen pieces or stones, nine for each side, which were placed by turns in the angles, were moved alternately, as at draughts. He who was enabled to place three in a straight line took off one of his adversary's at any point he pleased, and the game ended by the lo of all the men of one of the players. It was also a table-game played with counters. Also called nine men's merels. Strutt. The nine-men's morris is fill'd up with mud, And the quaint mazes in the wanton green For lack of tread are undistinguishable. II. a . Belonging to or taking part in a mor- ris-dance. morris1 (mor'is), v. [ Goldsmith , She Stoops to Conquer, iii. [NL., so called after Wil- morris2 (mor'is), n . liam Morris , who first found it, on the coast of Wales.] A curious fish, allied to the eels, of the genus Leptocephalus . Its body is so com- pre ed as to resemble tape. morris-bellst, n. pl. Bells for a morris-dance. morris-dance (mor'is-dans), n. [Also mor- rice- dance ; daunce ; morris1 + dance .] 1. A dance of persons in costume, especially of persons wearing hoods and dre es tagged with bells; also, any mumming perform- ance in which dancing played a conspicuous part. Thus, the morris-dancers of May-day commonly represented the personages of the Robin Hood legend; the hobby-horse was a prominent character in morris- dancing of every description. Unle we should come in like a morrice - dance , and whistle our ballad ourselves, I know not what we should do. B. Jonson, Love Restored. I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the morris - dance of verse. IMG:content-0962.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0963.png:[blocks in formation] To-morrow you will live, you always cry. In what far country does this morrow lie? II. a . Following; next in order, as a day. Alle that nyght dide he wake in the chief mynster, till on the morowe day. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 106. A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn. Daily put thee off with morrow ing , Till want do make thee wearie of thy lending. Breton, Mother's Ble ing, st. 66. morrow-ma t, n. A ma celebrated early in the morning: opposed to high - ma . As young and tender as a morrow ma priest's lemman. Greene, Disputation (1592). morrow-speecht, n. [ME. mor we spec he, morn- spec he, morgenspræc , morgen , morrow, morning, + spræc , speech.] A periodical con- ference or a embly of a gild held on the mor- row after the gild-feast. Also, as a modern translation, morning -speech. morrow-tidet, n. [ME. morwetid, moretid, mor- zentid , morgentid , mergentid (= OS. mor- gantid = Icel. morguntidhir , pl.), morgen , mor- row, morn, + tid , tide, time.] Morning. Ehc moretid ther moste cume Tuo maidenes with muchel honur Into the hezeste tur. mors bunker